Thread: W.A.Mair's Boat Tail (1969)
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Old 11-06-2012, 07:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
Why does the tubular section help? Do its benefits transfer to ground effect?
The tubular section is just pure skin friction.
If you chopped the model in half for a limo body or 18-wheeler,without wheels,its minimum drag would be Cd 0.13.Cd 0.17 with wheels.
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