Fish Scales reduce drag 25%

[racergeo]

  I thought about posting a comment on the slippery feeling of a fish (trout is all I have experience with) earlier. Is that slipperiness the scales or a "slim"?? I always thought it was the scales themself. I also thought the scales allow the fish to bend and make the incredible directional changes you see. Now that I know that I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm going to buy the slimmest product I can find to coat my car with. Nothing in the rules

[Stan Back]

"Is that slipperiness the scales or a 'slim'??"

Could it be slime or just a skinny fish?

[floydjer]

So....How do you mount the fish in the wind tunnel for testing? :clap

[Stan Back]

I knew a guy who used to mount a lot of pigs and hookers, but he drew the line (and sinker) at fish.

[floydjer]

Yeah SB...I use the alpha-numeric scale...I try to stop before k 9

[Rex Schimmer]

According to the article they were using a special "laminar" flow water tank. Not much laminar flow on a Bonneville car, even the very best streamliners. Most flow is, hopefully, attached turbulent flow.

Rex