What Color Is The Fastest ? !!!
12-11-2007, 04:51 PM
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That's true I heard the same thing Chevy did use leightweight lead free paint on all red Corvettes which gives them a competetive edge over the rest. Due to the specially formulated color which is the state of the art grade paint used on space shuttles and it weighs less than the other colors, red Corvettes are about 150lbs leighter than the rest.
12-11-2007, 06:58 PM
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That's true I heard the same thing Chevy did use leightweight lead free paint on all red Corvettes which gives them a competetive edge over the rest. Due to the specially formulated color which is the state of the art grade paint used on space shuttles and it weighs less than the other colors, red Corvettes are about 150lbs leighter than the rest.
12-11-2007, 08:28 PM
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12-11-2007, 09:16 PM
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That's true I heard the same thing Chevy did use leightweight lead free paint on all red Corvettes which gives them a competetive edge over the rest. Due to the specially formulated color which is the state of the art grade paint used on space shuttles and it weighs less than the other colors, red Corvettes are about 150lbs leighter than the rest.
12-11-2007, 11:55 PM
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I've actually heard black is the most aerodynamic. Here's something I found:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COLOR
The color that provides the least skin friction drag is black. Black also helps prevent separation of the laminar boundary layer.
The aerodynamic book "Theory of Wing Sections", page 109, written by Ira H. Abbott and Albert E. Von Doenhoff, explains that skin friction for an object (soap box racer) that absorbs no heat from the free stream is, lets say 1.330. The skin friction for a soap box that is 1/4 the absolute temperature of the free stream is 1.420 at 50 miles per hour. This means that the laminar skin friction increases with heat transfer from the fluid (surrounding air) to the surface of the racer. This increase is small even for the extremely low racer temperatures. This means that the surface temperature of the racer should be as hot as possible. The color of the racer should be one that absorbs as much heat as possible from the sun. This color is black!
This really hurt to post but can't really argue.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COLOR
The color that provides the least skin friction drag is black. Black also helps prevent separation of the laminar boundary layer.
The aerodynamic book "Theory of Wing Sections", page 109, written by Ira H. Abbott and Albert E. Von Doenhoff, explains that skin friction for an object (soap box racer) that absorbs no heat from the free stream is, lets say 1.330. The skin friction for a soap box that is 1/4 the absolute temperature of the free stream is 1.420 at 50 miles per hour. This means that the laminar skin friction increases with heat transfer from the fluid (surrounding air) to the surface of the racer. This increase is small even for the extremely low racer temperatures. This means that the surface temperature of the racer should be as hot as possible. The color of the racer should be one that absorbs as much heat as possible from the sun. This color is black!
This really hurt to post but can't really argue.
12-12-2007, 12:01 AM
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The title of the thread should be: What color is your car?" ..... lol
.... But as for the original question, I think yellow would by far be the fastest one. I am a phd in physics, so you gotta trust me on that.
Now let me go resume my search for my yellow vert
.... But as for the original question, I think yellow would by far be the fastest one. I am a phd in physics, so you gotta trust me on that.
Now let me go resume my search for my yellow vert
