Cool "Hydrodynamics"

Land Rover Forums Land Rover Classifieds Photo Gallery Member List Calendars Search Contact Us Sponsors
Land Rover Lineup News Forum FAQ Land Rover Recalls TSBs Timeslips Register Login

Cool "Hydrodynamics"

Printable Version

Land Rover >> Vehicle Line Up >> LR2 >> Cool "Hydrodynamics"

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Cool "Hydrodynamics" - 4/19/2008 10:38:03 AM

jeff.marsh

Posts: 15
Score: 0
Joined: 1/12/2008
Status: offline

Curious if anyone has noticed the same phenomenon that I did yesterday.

The car was outside in the rain and parked slightly uphill so there was quite a bit of water sitting on the hood. When I started up and drove off the water started to pool in one place in each of the two troughs on either side of the hood and continued to accumulate as I drove down the road at around 60km/h. In the five minutes or so before a red light cropped up that I had to stop for I'd estimate that an impressive volume of water - I'd say approximately the size of an orange - was being retained on each side. Exactly where the "ball of water" was in the trough depended upon speed - higher speed was further up the hood, lower speed further down and of course it all ran off once stopped.

Not a problem or anything - just a really nifty phenomenon I'd never seen before.

\|/ Jeff \|/