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freebeard · 02-26-2019, 08:09 PM

Isn't that a Chevrolet? The slabsided Mopars and Cadillacs OTOH:

https://heacockclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/8-1-1.jpg

I compare the early BATs to the Sunbird/Road Runner with the towel rack wing. That's a high-aspect airfoil with a lift-reducing wing. The BATs had no trunk lid clearance problems and less downforce. Luigi Colani would roll those fins in just because he could, and I think the slot midspan has some effect in crosswinds. Any vortexes shed are held closely into the wake.

02-26-2019, 08:09 PM	#218 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,557 Thanks: 8,092 Thanked 8,880 Times in 7,328 Posts	Isn't that a Chevrolet? The slabsided Mopars and Cadillacs OTOH: https://heacockclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/8-1-1.jpg I compare the early BATs to the Sunbird/Road Runner with the towel rack wing. That's a high-aspect airfoil with a lift-reducing wing. The BATs had no trunk lid clearance problems and less downforce. Luigi Colani would roll those fins in just because he could, and I think the slot midspan has some effect in crosswinds. Any vortexes shed are held closely into the wake. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.