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Old 03-31-2013, 05:13 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Empty box cavity like the big-rig trucks (laid on the side). Bonneville style spoiler and extended lower diffuser with side walls (terminate in LED taillights) to maybe 25% of the vehicle width. ~18" or less? Walls can be inset or break at the angle they use on hatchbacks. (30°?)

Base pressure reduction and a smaller wake. Test in coroplast. of course.


http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wm...baseplates.pdf

This series also covers dynamically extensible base plates.

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