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Old 03-19-2007 | 03:25 PM
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Default RE: Vortex Generators

To clarify the earlier statement, the dimples in a golf ball actually reduce drag due to increased pressure from behind the ball (this is the result of an attached positive pressure from the turbulent flow still attached behind the ball). The vortex generators on your wing will increase drag, however, because turbulent air is inherently more energetic than a laminar flow and therefore surface friction increases as well as induced drag from increased lift.