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Old 06-08-2013, 02:12 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Bug deflectors!

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Well, there it is in all it's impractical glory; 100% bluff body drag reduction.
Things aren't perfect though, the plate-bluff body system reduction is only
62%
If you caught that why do you say 100% in the title? The drag of the rod is equal to an airfoil 10x the diameter, i.e. about the size of you box.

OTOH, this Willys-style hood looks like it would divert air sideways around the flat windshield.

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If you really want to address the forebody look to Viktor Shuaberger. This is his Biological Submarine.
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