Thread: Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)
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Old 06-05-2019, 02:27 PM   #3074 (permalink)
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When I first got involved with Velomobiles, I went to visit Prof. Chet Kyle. The first piece of advice he gave me was to get rid of those sharp seams. They are OK when parallel to the airflow, but the least crosswind or error in estimating will cause big changes.
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