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Old 09-02-2017, 03:48 PM   #13 (permalink)
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hood and front end

*It's all in a favorable pressure regime,so there's a lot of creative license available to a designer.
*Everything is softened enough,it looks like,to prevent any local leading edge separation.I don't know about when it's yawed in a crosswind.
*Behind the fenders looks 'draggy.'
*The void area around where the saddle tanks/footsteps would have gone looks draggy as well.
*The driver will probably feel like they're going faster at any given speed,as it seems like the droop-snoot will allow a road view closer to the eye,and more dynamic visually.
*As an EV there won't be the major cooling system drag penalty.
*It's definitely got a 'look.'
*If early-adopters jump on it,it will,over time,come to look more 'normal',the longer all the rest of drivers are exposed to it.A good thing!
*Nice if they'd hook it up to a typical trailer and tunnel test it as a combination.
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