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Originally Posted by euromodder
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Computer illustrations show more of a Vee trough but once they fluted the creases it is a spoon for lack of better description.
See photos far below.
Thanks for posting that link, many new views in it.
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
They want twin trailing vortices off the roof.  |
I suspect they intend the vortices to swirl inward and into the trough where it is contained by the air above passing over it.
All this takes energy.
However if this buttress method works and gets one a flat rear deck then maybe it can be applied on a different project.
What I see here is a group committed to an efficiency challenge and answering with what is race car looking car, the car they really wanted to build.
So they tried something different, not the end of the world.
From what I've read they have dreams of making this car for the masses, again another non-Shell Eco Challenge criteria.
They designed a small/affordable car that one can load a bunch of stuff on top of that pays homage to one of the best known race cars of all time, the Porsche 917.
Like I said, none of that is in the Shell Eco Challenge outline, but looks like they had some fun.