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Rear wing placement (height and fore-aft)

Name: Rear wing placement (height and fore-aft) dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Where should a rear wing be mounted on a car? · Standard part · basis: Design rules and figures from the cited sources; example geometry by Xem Studio

Also called: rear wing placement, wing height, wing mounting position, where to mount a rear wing, wing above roofline, wing in clean air, wing position aero balance, rear wing location, time attack wing position

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes: 4 in table

Notes

HPA's starting point is to put the forward third of the wing over the boot and the rear two-thirds behind it, with the leading edge level with the roofline seen from the front.
Higher and further rearward gives more rear aero balance; lower positions interact with the body and floor but too low puts the wing in the cabin wake and performance drops substantially (HPA).
RC classes constrain this by rule: touring-car wings must stay below the roofline (AARCMCC).
The file is a reference example built by Xem Studio from the numbers above (Reference wing as in single-element entry.). Sizes the sources do not fix are illustrative; scale the example to your own vehicle.

Rear wing placement size chart

parameter	value or range	source
Fore-aft starting point	front 1/3 over boot, rear 2/3 behind	HPA rear wing
Height starting point	leading edge level with roofline (front view)	HPA rear wing
RC touring car wing height	must be lower than the roof line	AARCMCC
RC touring car rear overhang	max 10 mm beyond body incl. bumper	AARCMCC

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

High Performance Academy	Aerodynamic performance devices for club level cars: rear wing theory	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
AARCMCC	Section 3: Electric On Road, Technical Rules (Oct 2006)	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Xem Studio design: free to use, print and sell things from; not to be republished as files. Xem Studio Design License. index.json

rear-wing-placement-rear-wing

single rear wing: span 1600 × chord 250 mm at 6°, endplates 300 mm, inverted NACA 4412 section (mounts from below)

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=rear-wing-placement