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Originally Posted by Thenorm
is this what you meant by using profile template on top? doing this on the 2014 mazda 3 and the AST did follow one of the body contour lines (I think it was the belt line just below the windows.
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*My original thinking was to, 1st establish the roof contour based upon the 'Template',then find the location of max. camber along the body side and apply the identical contour along the sides.
*After looking at more record cars,and since considering that a car would need to be more narrow than what a 'pure' streamline body of revolution-based half-body would require,that it would be prudent to use the 2-dimensional flow section of 3.94:1 thickness ratio for the sides.
The narrower profile of the wing section profile better fits the needs of production automobiles and also addresses the issue of the slower air down the sides.