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Originally Posted by kennybobby
Looks like they used the template but are running it backwards? They mentioned having an aerodynamic issue which prevented reaching the calculated top speed.
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To me it's more of an extremely narrow elliptical fuselage morphing to a wing section trailing edge.Like a tuna.
Craig Vetter spoke of 'shrink-wrapping' the body around the necessary mechanical tidbits,allowing only enough to contain things,minimizing frontal area while preventing separation.
At GOOGLE IMAGES you can see a CFD image of the Velox 2 in VSAERO.
Here's a sliced open shot
Here's the CFD