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Old 07-25-2015, 01:00 PM   #8 (permalink)
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The aft-body would offer the greatest drag reduction.You can see how streamlining allows huge bodies with no more drag than horribly-shaped tiny bodies.All-4 of the following bodies have identical drag

Here,you can see how Kamm et al. gets lower drag simply by extending the tail



Here,Volkswagen can dial in a variety of drag coefficients simply by altering the hatch area

This pocket of low pressure behind the Suzuki just sucks your tank dry

Filling the dark blue area behind the car with boat tail makes this drag go away.
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