It's funny when things come to you, I just started cleaning my cast iron pan for lunch and I guess found this relaxing enough to have an "
Aha!" moment.
I'd like to thank everyone for their participation in this thread, without some of the push and shove I may not have been challenged enough to have this little epiphany.
Industrial Design - Transportation Photos by kach22i | Photobucket
A closer look at the sketches.
Feel free to ask questions, I'm now the one in the position of defending a theory (please be gentle).
Before this all I really had was the right questions, and the mistakes I made only helped me learn more and lead to the final outcome.
I'm just about positive there is nothing new here, just new to me. In fact I'd bet my lunch money that some guy 100 years ago did all the calculations and tests on this.
The mathematical equations and so forth may all be out there in some old text book. However in terms I can relate to, and the twist of perspective I've lent to this issue may help some of us
want-a-be aerodynamicist, or at least I can only hope.
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