05-05-2012, 03:17 PM
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more eye candy
If you'll do a search @ GOOGLE IMAGES for:Reinhard Koenig-Fachsenfeld,look at all 46-pages for a glimpse into the past and present.If you click on images it will pull you into sites like AUTO BILD klassik which has a Bildgalerie and wind tunnel images of early cars,some with Cds posted.Fun! 
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05-05-2012, 06:22 PM
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05-05-2012, 07:51 PM
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05-05-2012, 08:16 PM
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Phil, man these are some great images !
I hadn't seen this one before : 
( Note the flow separation at the tail end )
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05-05-2012, 10:09 PM
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1938 Phantom Corsair
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05-05-2012, 10:21 PM
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NOOOOOOO!!! Not the giant image monster!  |
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05-06-2012, 01:39 PM
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Separation???
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Phil, man these are some great images !
I hadn't seen this one before :
( Note the flow separation at the tail end ) |
Thanks to Phil and others for this thread and pix.
Cd, what separation? Smoke shows a layer gradient but flow seems attached to me. The wake looks small. What do you see that I'm missing?
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05-06-2012, 01:44 PM
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05-06-2012, 02:29 PM
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Sorry about the big pictures, but it is eye candy, after all.
All I've got to say is 1938 was the pinnacle of low drag aerodynamic cars: the Schlörwagen Göttinger Ei (aka Pillbug) alone would earn this status, but there are several other cars built around this time, too.
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05-06-2012, 03:26 PM
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Phil, man these are some great images !
I hadn't seen this one before :
( Note the flow separation at the tail end ) |
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Originally Posted by KamperBob
Thanks to Phil and others for this thread and pix.
Cd, what separation? Smoke shows a layer gradient but flow seems attached to me. The wake looks small. What do you see that I'm missing?
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The article whence this image comes is also quite interesting (including an interview with a Mercedes aerodynamicist). The accompanying gallery cites the XL1 as having a Cd of .19.
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