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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
I honestly cannot see what optimising a wing to provide maximum lift/drag ratio for an aircraft flying in ground effect has to do with the shapes of cars.
... If the paper was about the best shape, in proximity to the ground, for lowest drag and lowest lift, I'd be all ears. (But even then, of course, they'd need to replicate the relatively rough surface of a car versus the dead smooth surface of an airfoil.) ...
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There really is more for you to learn from foundational research about lift and drag, but you routinely just dismiss all of it. "Replicate the relatively rough surface of a car" is not not the path to lowest drag and lift. It is the path left available by an automotive industry, regulatory regime, and consumer market that makes more "ideal shapes" not practical on the road.
EDIT: But I have to admit no interest in driving a "template" shape as my DD, even though that whole discourse has been a pathway for teaching me valuable aspects of the aerodynamics of my car. I love the shape of the 90s Hondas. My goals are also a little like yours, Julian: optimization through testing mods, tweaking, retesting.