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Old 10-27-2017, 11:21 AM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Galane View Post
The Vixen is older and not as slick as the Navette. The great granddaddy of aero RVs is the GMC. Unfortunately those still ended up with plenty of 'warts' poking out where General motors didn't use parts custom designed to be low drag.
To my knowledge, the Vixen is the only one that ever went to a real wind tunnel in full size. (Bendix wind tunnel in Indiana if I recall correctly). I don't think I've seen an drag coefficient claims for the Navette, and the only GMC numbers I've seen were based on small models.
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