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Old 08-19-2013, 08:47 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
This is the 'pumpkin seed' of which the Aerodynamic Streamlining Template is derived.
I admit to getting a little excited when I first found the image today. I knew right away what it was, yet have never seen a photo of the model before.

More on it in Portuguese, use Google Chrome as your browser and it will translate it for you.
Maybach - Paul Jaray e a aerodināmica - Um olhar sobre as corridas
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"The ideal way Jaray applied to a body close to the ground" in 1920
ETH Library, History of Science Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
More random wind tunnel and tuft pictures.

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