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Old 05-08-2012, 07:19 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cd View Post
Phil, man these are some great images !

I hadn't seen this one before :

( Note the flow separation at the tail end )
I'm no expert,so don't bank on my brain,but I'm interpreting the smoke to show a rebounding of the vertically displaced smoke filaments along the rear slope,but since there's smoke still present right to the truncation,that flow is still attached.
The elevation of the second filament from the floor also appears to recover to the same elevation behind the car which is a very good sign.
Not as good as the 1st-gen 1-liter car or ARVW of 1982 (Cd 0.15) but maybe less 'scary' to the buying public.I like them all.
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