The Superbird Wing Was Not "Idiotically-Ineffective" or "Dumb"

I did wind tunnel testing at Grumman Aerospace. I came across the actual wind tunnel report for the Superbird some time ago. I have not seen one for the Daytona. I seem to remember that the test was conducted in a wind tunnel at a Southern university. Yes, they did a great amount of testing with the wing, nose, front air dam, and stance. The greatest effect they found from the wing assembly actually came from the vertical stabilizers and not the "wing" itself. The verticals added a huge amount of lateral stability at high speed. That was the greatest secret!


It would be cool to see the info for the Daytona as they were more aerodynamic.

Yes, the wing helped keep the back end behind the car to help keep control if they tried to get sideways. Like the feathers on a dart, always go to the rear....