View Single Post
Old 10-14-2011, 09:47 PM   #8 (permalink)
Patrick
Master EcoModder
 
Patrick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Northern Florida, USA
Posts: 510

Hot Tamale - '10 Toyota Prius III
Thanks: 27
Thanked 96 Times in 70 Posts
Look at this chart from Cervelo.com and compare the square crossection at the top to the half-oval (fourth item down). 40 times the drag of a 3:1 airfoil as opposed to 6 times for the half-oval. That's a 40/6 = 6.67 times improvement.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	CerveloAeroShapesSlide.jpg
Views:	74
Size:	65.0 KB
ID:	9551  

Last edited by Patrick; 10-14-2011 at 09:55 PM..
  Reply With Quote