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Old 01-31-2011, 06:58 PM   #79 (permalink)
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2d/3d

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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
It's been mentioned before that you can get away with a steeper angle if the sides also taper in smoothly.

The streamlining template used is only 2D - the ideal low speed aero shape is an ice-cream cone (with only one ball of ice-cream ) where there are no sides, only taper.
The Aerodynamic Streamlining Template is based on a streamline body of revolution( Jaray's Zeppelins ) and is intended to be used for 3D streamlining as you can see on the T-100 and trailer project.
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