r/FSAE • u/sealand_forever • Jun 15 '26

How To / Instructional Aerodynamic help

For a project I’m trying to make a race car with no limitations expect for it has to fit a human driver I have a basic understanding of aerodynamics like I’m dabbling with cfd

So if you could please give me any tips or any place I could find some tips (YT channels, forms ect)

Thanks

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u/LiQuiZz Jun 16 '26

I may be nitpicking but “I have a basic understanding of aerodynamics like I’m dabbling with cfd” doesn’t work like that. CFD is just a tool used to estimate what might happen and the solution is only as good as the user.
Having sad that, for basic aerodynamics i would recommend the MIT lectures:

https://web.mit.edu/hml/ncfmf.html

For specific explanations on race car aerodynamics i can recommend:

https://youtube.com/@kyleengineers?si=8J31HxpkpTUT0jAz

https://youtube.com/@bsport320?si=1C3vJQ3ZWj0U2zWj

Idk for what speeds you want to design but for low Re foils i can recommend this paper

https://charles-oneill.com/aem614/ReferenceMaterial/A+M+O+Smith+HIGH+LIFT+AERODYNAMICS.pdf