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Old 09-22-2012, 05:35 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
My memory is that the computer model of the boxfish was a Cd of 0.06:



The blue quarter scale model has a Cd of 0.095 and the diesel powered concept car has a Cd of 0.19:




Edit: here's a series of screen captures I got from a video about the Boxfish, that show many more angles of the early model:

CarBEN EV Concept :: Mercedes Bionic/Boxfish clay model picture by NeilBlanchard - Photobucket
It would have been really instructive had Mercedes published a plan-view image of the fish.This decides the flow path and the side view makes it as difficult to understand as if they offered a photo of panties when speaking of brassieres.
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