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Originally Posted by bentring
Although I've long been fascinated with automobile aerodynamics, I don't have enough knowledge and interest to speak of the science, so I usually don't bother parroting what's accepted as common knowledge here.
I know there's been prior debate of the subject of the template I haven't read, so if this information has been discussed to death feel free to disregard this post; but I feel like information, pictures, and videos on this page would be relevant to the discussion.
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Online, there's an image of a Schl'o'wagen model being tested under green light, with smoke introduced into the boundary layer if memory serves me. The smoke does not entirely follow the roof contour. Other shapes with a more conservative roofline have measured Cd 0.13.