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autogyro · 08-12-2011, 07:08 PM

The VW XL1 seems to have a rear slope of 17 deg., or so.
This design would seem to be some obvious parallels to some of the aero caps in this thread, most notably that rear is also flat sided.
That being said, they're only claiming a CD of 0.186 for the vehicle, which may be due to the steep slope, not to mention a rear cross section similar to the leftmost drawing from Piwoslaw, as shown above .
I would think one would expect more from thse guys, especially since they employed Hucho.

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autogyro EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 65 Thanks: 15 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	The VW XL1 seems to have a rear slope of 17 deg., or so. This design would seem to be some obvious parallels to some of the aero caps in this thread, most notably that rear is also flat sided. That being said, they're only claiming a CD of 0.186 for the vehicle, which may be due to the steep slope, not to mention a rear cross section similar to the leftmost drawing from Piwoslaw, as shown above . I would think one would expect more from thse guys, especially since they employed Hucho.