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Old 04-23-2012, 05:58 PM   #12 (permalink)
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(It's also interesting to note that this is very different from Jaray's approach to streamlining)(
This was the point of my 2-Point design which matured into a 5-Point design.

It's fine and dandy to develop a 1-Point design, but if wheels and people cannot fit into it, then what good is it?

By taking each of the major elements, the 4-wheels (+4) and the passenger/driver canopy (the +1) and optimizing those for aerodynamics we arrive at a more practical 5-Point solution.

In practice this approach shows up as salt flat racers and several LeMans type race cars.
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