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Originally Posted by aerohead
Regardless of how small the wake of the Insight is,It's Cd 0.25,and potential for Cd 0.125 still offers a 25% MPG HWY improvement from the single boat tail modification.If you have Hucho's book,you will know that this is your only path to lower drag,since Honda did such a good job with the rest of the car.------------- How you accomplish it can take many paths.
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Don't have Hucho, but do have an Insight. It is a little hard to see a Cd objective of .125 when the Aptera is only Cd=.15. A target of .20 might be achievable with a boattail.
No one is going to want to screw up a good Insight with holes and such, but I think I see attachment possibilities. The taillights could be removed for sound anchor points, and the bumper cover could of course be removed for additional anchoring.
But, really, what's the point? Honda did such a good job with the compromises that it hardly seems worthwhile. It would be an interesting experiment, but it harly seems like a good idea in view of the already wonderful FE of the car.