Art Arfons and the high-mounted wing

[Franklin]

When Art Arfons took his Cyclops jet dragster to Bonneville in 1962, he equipped it with a wing mounted above the car and actuated by a hydraulic cylinder attached to the front suspension. Arfons set a USAC jet national speed record of 330 mph. When Arfons returned to Bonneville in 1964 with his Green Monster land speed record car, he again used the high-mounted self-adjusting wing concept. This was years before Jim Hall showed up at Le Mans with the same concept.

[Peter Mallett]

Originally posted by Franklin
When Art Arfons took his Cyclops jet dragster to Bonneville in 1962, he equipped it with a wing mounted above the car and actuated by a hydraulic cylinder attached to the front suspension. Arfons set a USAC jet national speed record of 330 mph. When Arfons returned to Bonneville in 1964 with his Green Monster land speed record car, he again used the high-mounted self-adjusting wing concept. This was years before Jim Hall showed up at Le Mans with the same concept.

Mr F I think you make a good point. Jim Hall made his cars go around corners. He applied the technology to a much more difficult situation than just going straight on.

Well done.