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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Yes, well some of us are using textbooks and SAE papers more recent than a 69 year old book.
My point remains, and no-one has (or can) address it:
If all this BS about a template were true, current aero references would cover it in great detail. After all, imagine how easy car aero would be if you could just apply a template to find out all the following:
- Show where there is separated and attached flow on existing cars
- Guide the shape of rear extensions
- Show how rear spoilers on sedans should be positioned and shaped
- Allow the assessment of the ‘aerodynamic purity’ of cars
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Here's a clue, and a look into the industry since 1927:
* ' The changes in new models should be so novel and attractive as to create dissatisfaction with past models. Automobile design is not, of course, pure fashion, but the laws of Paris dressmakers have come to be a factor in the automobile industry. Woe to the company which ignores them.' Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., CEO, General Motors Corporation, 1927.
* If all were cars were designed 100% aerodynamic, would they not all look alike, and designers have nothing to do?' H. Schmude of General Motors Corporation, to Walter Korff, Chief Engineer, Lockheed Aircraft Company, SAE Congress, 1963.