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aerohead · 02-26-2016, 04:36 PM

I'm not surprised about the catamaran.HONDA tested one for the 1993 World Solar Challenge and it came in Cd 0.15 (if my memory serves me) vs Cd 0.10 for the 'pumpkin seed'/ flattened-torpedo (as Goro Tamai refers to them) shape that they ultimately used in competition.And won.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,312 Thanks: 24,439 Thanked 7,386 Times in 4,783 Posts	catamaran I'm not surprised about the catamaran.HONDA tested one for the 1993 World Solar Challenge and it came in Cd 0.15 (if my memory serves me) vs Cd 0.10 for the 'pumpkin seed'/ flattened-torpedo (as Goro Tamai refers to them) shape that they ultimately used in competition.And won. __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/