What's the difference between a wing and a spoiler?

Wings go at the back, spoilers at the front.

wing is an upside down airfoil spoiler can be anything ranging from something solely there for looks to something that looks like a wing but isn't actually one

>>17022401
negative
spoilers should decrease drag and maybe add downforce as a side effect
wings just add downforce at the cost of increasing drag

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>>17022399
In the automotive world the terms are used interchangeably.

More accurately a wing is an airfoil that is designed to have airflow over two surfaces (high speed suction surface and low speed pressure surface) and meant to generate lift, or in the case for cars, downforce. A spoiler is an aero device that is simply designed to reduce lift in a controlled way by slowing down the airflow. Spoilers don't generate lift/downforce.

Pic related is a picture of spoiler. The A80 in the OP could be a classified as a wing if it generates downforce, but it most likely doesn't and really there only to induce drag over the top of the car which would make it a spoiler.

>>17022399
A wing generates downforce, a soiler 'spoils' the air.

Spoilers are generally used to direct and shape airflow at the back of the car.

>>17022399
Wings create lift for birds and aircraft. Spoilers are used to [spoiler]hide things that would spoil the story[/spoiler]

>>17022914

>>17022515
>Spoilers are generally used to direct and shape airflow at the back of the car.
Usually in lieu of properly engineering the rear suspension for high-speed stability.

>yfw the fastest car in the world (McLaren F1) has no wing because its entire design accounts for air flow

>>17024382
wow incredible concept

mind = blown

what the fuck

cannot believe this

>>17024395
I know, right.

>Veyron, Venom, One:1, TVR Speed 12 BTFO

>>17022399
[spoiler] this is why /o/ needs spoilers [/spoiler]

>>17022399
A wing is something planes use to fly. Birds have them too. A spoiler is something that reveals a plot in a book, play, or film (for example: Fynn kills Luke in The Last Jedi).

>>17024445
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