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Originally Posted by bondo
Thanks Sven7 for the kind words. Coming from someone like you who works in automotive design, that is a compliment indeed.
The influence of the Asian culture always has a bit of flair to it in automotive design. One design aspect of the far east aerocaps is the fact that they recessed the surface of the roof to allow for a space to put the third brake light into. This breaks up the most important surface of an aerocap, the top. Also, by doing this, it diminishes the angle of the rear window which reduces the rear visibility.
Maybe aerohead could chime in and verify that the step down to a recessed top of the Chinese aerocap may hurt the aerodynamics of it. I'd say it probably does. As far as quality of the Chinese aerocaps, I feel they are quality made as Aerohead implies in his earlier post.
Bondo
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Yes,you're gonna lose the boundary layer right there,with localized vorticity and turbulence sequestered within the void.
The flow will reattach before it leaves the cap,but you'll pay a little penalty for the chaos inside there.
It should take care of the rear lift issue,which is a great reason for having the cap in the first place,even if mpg doesn't excite you.
Jaguar has gone to the 'aerolid' with their F-Type,I think we'll be seeing more of this roofline.
