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Old 11-12-2020, 05:49 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Thanks for asking.

I won't clutter the thread, your search term is duckduckgo.com/?q=stupidbaker

A Kamm-back is top half of a boxed cavity. It's useful on notchcbacks.

A wing is free-standing. An example might be the Charger/Daytona towel rack. It's more rudder than elevator, they're supposedly spin-proof. When you get to F1, they have massive end plates, because rules.

What might work well on a Civic would be a reverse sail panel the rolls inward to match the tumblehome of the cabin, similar to the Bertone BATs but with an active airfoil wing pace JulianEdgar above the sightline to the rear.


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Incautious speculation: The towel rack is an example of an external duct — the BAT is not, any more than a 1959 Chevrolet. As an external duct, it should be possible to accelerate the air and inject a jet to the wake that would entrain and organize it. Once again GTI W-12 650.
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