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Old 10-06-2014, 06:12 PM   #17 (permalink)
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RX-7 aero

*The Mazda suffers too much slope.The centerline flow may be attached due to downwash but its accompanied by high drag vortices

*'relaxing' the roofline helps

*When you hit the Koenig/Kamm aft-body contour you can be separation and vorticity free

*The hashed lines behind the RX-7 indicate the volume of space which is compromised by it's body design,leading to Cd 0.38 instead of Cd 0.10 as with

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