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Old 11-16-2012, 07:59 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by arcosine View Post
Sorry, but show me one on an airplane that's mounted backwards..

Its hard to believe that a notchback will suck that much more air out of the front wheel well. Maybe the notchback has lower overall drag and thus the open wheel well adds a proportionally larger amount.
Cd of notchback with out moving ground simulation = 0.286
Cd of Notchback with moving ground simulation = 0.277

Cd of SquareBack/Estate with out moving ground simulation = 0.318
Cd of SquareBack/Estate with moving ground simulation = 0.319

http://delphi.com/pdf/techpapers/2012-01-0168.pdf
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