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Old 11-30-2012, 11:23 PM   #1435 (permalink)
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Look up Bernoulli's principle and aircraft flight dynamics. Its the exact same idea.

Essentially, lift can be generated at high speeds by creating an area of relative high pressure under the chassis.

The chin spoiler and little air dams serve to redirect the flow somewhat to negate this effect I believe.
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