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aerohead · 01-30-2019, 05:33 PM

In my fanny pack I've got a small notepad,and in it found a note about the PRECEPT,listing Cd 0.163.
GM/AeroVironment had claimed Cd 0.19 for the 1987 IMPACT.
GM EV1 @ Cd 0.197.
GM EV1/Impact LSR,modified speed record car,Ft.Stockton,Texas,1993,@ Cd 0.14.
GM ULTRALITE concept,1991-2 @ Cd 0.192
GM CITATION-IV concept,1984,@ Cd 0.185 (running prototype)
GM CITATION-III concept,1983 @ Cd 0.14 (non-operative glider)
GM/AeroVironment SunRaycer (body only-no wheels) @ Cd 0.089
GM SunRaycer,World Solar Challenge,1987,@ Cd 0.125 (original claim)
GM SunRaycer as per Bob Boniface,@ Cd 0.143 (perhaps crosswind averaged Cd)
GM 'EPCOT' car (EPCOT CENTER Florida),@ Cd 0.23

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 15,879 Thanks: 23,955 Thanked 7,219 Times in 4,646 Posts	GM PRECEPT and siblings In my fanny pack I've got a small notepad,and in it found a note about the PRECEPT,listing Cd 0.163. GM/AeroVironment had claimed Cd 0.19 for the 1987 IMPACT. GM EV1 @ Cd 0.197. GM EV1/Impact LSR,modified speed record car,Ft.Stockton,Texas,1993,@ Cd 0.14. GM ULTRALITE concept,1991-2 @ Cd 0.192 GM CITATION-IV concept,1984,@ Cd 0.185 (running prototype) GM CITATION-III concept,1983 @ Cd 0.14 (non-operative glider) GM/AeroVironment SunRaycer (body only-no wheels) @ Cd 0.089 GM SunRaycer,World Solar Challenge,1987,@ Cd 0.125 (original claim) GM SunRaycer as per Bob Boniface,@ Cd 0.143 (perhaps crosswind averaged Cd) GM 'EPCOT' car (EPCOT CENTER Florida),@ Cd 0.23 __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/