Why do passing trucks suck instead of blow?
Nope, it's not the first line of a joke or a rhetorical question. I would expect a passing truck or bus to be pushing a wave of high pressure air in front and beside, but I've noticed time and agai...
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cbshoestring wrote:
Thus I still think the principle you are refering to has more to do with the shock wave being pushed away from the passing vehicle, and less to do with the topic on hand which is the "lift" created by two vehicles smooshing the air between them.
Indeed it IS the shock wave or wake created at the front AND the vacuum created at the rear.
Only ONE person in this discussion is trying to turn that into something that it really isn't.....a discussion of lift. These are not airplanes we are talking about.
