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Old 10-02-2015, 10:31 PM   #118 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
There's an electric racer that's been posted here that I haven't found again, that is basically a straight tunnel from the front axle line. Which is a problem when you start with an actual car with a trunk and gas tank. Went off the rails a bit there, sorry.

The most you could hope for is a forward rake and tapered side skirts, and a shallow tapered box shaped pant behind the rear wheel extending to the rear bumper line.



I've never understood that, 2.5-5 degrees per what?
I'll keep an eye out for it!

The 2.5-5 degree rule as I call it is the diffuser angle, along with the angle of the bottom of the boat tail in relation to a flat, 0-degree sloped ground. Having the angle in between this range gives the lowest drag.
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