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Old 05-22-2013, 06:52 PM   #530 (permalink)
ChazInMT
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I have analyzed Phils Gen II template and there are some niggling issues I think are worth mentioning in case they need to be corrected.

I'm afraid what may have happened is that in the course of scanning the new images in, they got their aspect ratios messed up, and what we're left with is a fatter/shorter version of the previous template.

With the new Car Template Dwg, It seems to have an aft body ratio of 1.7 d when before Phil was indicating 1.78d for this same ratio. If you look at this drawing I made using essentially the same shape as Phils teardrop, but shifting forward the breakover point to make the aft body 1.78, there is a bit of a difference.









Big Version Here to look at.



What the new template does in essence is shift the alignment point on top of the template back 5% from where it was before with respect to the 1.78 aft body ratio.

Here are the 2 different teardrops, one with 1.71, the other 1.78. The difference in this picture is not discernible.



In the Bigger version Here you can sort of see a difference.

And here You can see it when zoomed in.



If this is the intention to go with a 1.71 aft body ratio then who the heck am I, as a plebian compared to Phil, but to say anything other than "Let's Roll".

If this is not the intention, than I think I can easily generate a new very precise drawing to fill in where Phil is using a drawing board and pencil.

Here's the New (My longer version) template on the old "Car" to see the change.



Bigger Version of Same

Here is my analysis of the teardrop GenII drawing.



I hope this makes sense what I'm trying to point out, the difference seems to be right on the edge of significant since the new template as drawn deviates from the old by 5%. From all that Phil has said to this point, it seemed he wanted to simply tweak the shape making faster in the first 30% and flatter in the aft 70%.

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