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Old 03-31-2013, 02:13 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
Thinking outside the box, and looking at two NASA projects for inspiration.

The Dryden aero-truck, and the tail-cone of the space shuttle for free flight testing.

Industrial Design - Transportation Photos by kach22i | Photobucket


Crazy?
Not crazy, but I think that the big problem is that the air will seperate before it ever gets to the trunk of the car due to the steep angle of the rear windshield. That would make any benefits of the tail cone pretty limited. My personal opinion (which doesn't mean much) is that if he is going to put the effort into a tail cone, he might as well just do a full kammback for even get better gains. Probably about the same amount of work.
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