Thread: Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)
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Old 11-05-2011, 03:01 PM   #226 (permalink)
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Here is a pic of this Rumpler in a wind tunnel (see attached). Maybe this is from the 1979 VW test that the wikipedia entry says found a Cd value of .28?

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1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen

It had a boat tail, boat front , boat everything...

Rumpler Tropfenwagen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





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