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Old 10-05-2020, 07:03 PM   #83 (permalink)
JulianEdgar
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
It's what makes it work in the real world. The full taper adds 50% or more of unusable space.
Yes.

But any car shape can be truncated. Truncation, as such, has nothing to do with using The Template as the shape guide.

I was writing in response to:

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Originally Posted by sgtlethargic View Post
Regarding the AST: truncation of the tail has been a key part, so I don't see the shown overlays as evidence against its use, but for it.




Prior to the rear of the car, the two nominated cars don't follow The Template shape - and yet they're very low drag cars... again, how amazing is that!
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