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Old 05-23-2012, 11:06 PM   #81 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
*It is the pressure gradient from the max camber point aft which is critical to the streamlining......... I recommended Hoerner
That's what I thought, but the front (Zones 1 & 2) ability to funnel air to the rear so that it stays attached should have a importance factor or something assigned to it. Something like 25% front, 75% rear importance ratios?



I gotta get a look at them books soon.

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Neil, yes I've seen that one it comes off like a Dick Tracy car, like a 1930's vision of the future. I'm not a huge fan of it, but see the beauty of it's intent if not it's aesthetic execution. I'm hoping to pull off something a little more timeless yet modern.

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