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Originally Posted by BabyDiesel
0.13 Cd?!?!?!? That is crazy talk! 
I have thought about doing a second windshield similar to what basjoos did on his aerocivic. He said in another thread that while he didn't have exact numbers, it did help improve his coasting distance. With a car as light and as aerodynamic as his, I am guessing randomly that his Cd key have dropped close to 0.15.
What exactly do you mean by cheat the windshield?
I do plan on extending the front. I need to lower the stagnation point so air can flow over the Top, rather than under my car. I probably won't extend it to match the template... If I did, LOL |
When Walter Lay did his wind tunnel research,he found that the drag of an 'ideal' form could be duplicated with an 'optimized' windshield.Both gave Cd 0.12
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With respect to 'reversed' bodies,there is zero wind tunnel studies performed with 'mutilated' forebodies.So we don't have any knowledge about what happens if we disturb the contour of a reversed body to create a 'working' windshield.
If it turns out that we can't,without raising drag,then Hucho would say 'fuggetaboutit', 'cause,the distortion of the radically-raked windshield would be too great to see through.
This Citroen Karen would be impossible to see out of
