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Originally Posted by mnmarcus
here's a few stupid questions: How do I modify the template if it doesn't fit what I want to do with it? -and- Why isn't it a sphere with a cone for a tail?
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It is half of a somewhat cone-like form. That's why the flat bottom.
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Originally Posted by mnmarcus
I'm planning on a micro car project, half as wide and tall as a "normal" car but nearly as long. Let's say 2.5 feet wide and 4 feet tall by 10-12 feet long. I scale the template. Do I add flat sections to stretch it, or stretch the front only, or stretch the whole thing? I don't want to increase frontal area just to get a better cd and worse cdA.
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I think you could do more adjustments to the front end form than the back-end (there's that stupid air problem again). from the point of highest roof camber backward follow the template strictly. Forward you'll have a little more flexibility--how much I don't know. Others will say...
Good luck... sounds like a huge undertaking.
EDIT: and plan a sheer bottom belly-pan that is about 2" off the ground.