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Old 09-16-2012, 12:47 PM   #72 (permalink)
jime57
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
Hey, I have a degree in Spanish and have had training in driving a school bus and fuel supply\driving a fuel truck. I am also an Eagle Scout. All that I have done is remove the crossmembers on my roof rack, but I read over and over about Hucho using wind tunnels.

I am going to believe the guy that used wind tunnels until someone else uses one and disproves him.
It's the approach most aero designers take when they can't actually reduce the problem to simulations or equations. In the end, everyone with resources tests in the wind tunnel anyway so may as well ask about the "smoke" right away.

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