Too much or too little taper and rear slope, opinions?
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Too much or too little taper and rear slope, opinions? I am aiming for a CD of about 0.20 ultimately. The rear wheel is in the center (trike style design, not a four wheeler). |
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http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...itled18_16.jpg Here's the same 'car' with some of the tail chopped away,with litt'e drag increase http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...itled19_15.jpg Follow the contour as far as you're able,then just chop it off as with a loaf of bread. You really want curves instead of angles.:) |
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Coreflute curved side panels added to the doors to a standard car. That could easily* be done and it would give the same side profile as in the pictures. Doing the windows might be a challenge though but for the metal panels it might be doable. I'm talking about the top picture. My car already roughly matches the bottom picture. |
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Hucho warns us not to do anything which would add frontal area.Then Don Burr trucking in England does is to a 18-wheeler trailer and still gets a drag reduction. It's always better to 'remove' body,than add it,but you could do a quick and dirty mockup with cardboard and tape and see what happens. |
The curve should be smooth and continuous. That means the panels before and after the door[s] as well. The door cut line is thickened, the door swing may be compromised, ...
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