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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
I think that by leaving the two rear wheel fenders as large and square (all are flat and a couple are rising) then there will be two fairly large turbulent wakes instead of one larger one. Plan taper and top taper would do more to reduce wake drag than the channel in the middle, I think.
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I did study putting a taper in plan, some studies included the top and sides too. However these subtle details just were not going to make the study concept model, as did not rake fences, chin spoilers and other refinements. I might have a study drawing buried somewhere of a more 3D solution, when I clean up I'll scan that one too.
This model and drawings are like a lump of clay to me, and need to be cut into and developed (and smoothed out).
It is not an end, it is a start.
A start to repositioning myself mentally from a One-Part concept, to a Two-Part concept. The fact that it may resemble a "race car" is happenstance in some respects (not an intended outcome). However I cannot deny making a mental connection to some old slot cars I had as a kid. Once the design ball got started rolling, it was off to the races.
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I think the concept may look like a race car because it is solving a similar problem (packaging wise), therefore the outcome is similar.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
........... and a couple are rising)
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A couple of planes are rising?
Where?
The underbelly/diffuser?
EDIT....I'll lose my train of though before I find the other old sketches. So I did a mark-up to recapture the eventual refinements I had/have in mind.
The same types of refinements to the front, will be good for aero, and it should make for a prettier car as well.
