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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Examples? The drag of nearly every model in the 1930s / 1940s / 1950s has been shown to be grossly inaccurate when later tested. Same for full size cars - with just one or two exceptions. Just look in all the normal references.
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If some of the most important research models were ever re-tested, I'm unaware of that.
We know that the Jaray small car returned lower drag at AVA than was originally reported at Zeppelin.
Hucho got essentially identical Schl'o'rwagen results,@ 1/4-scale, as originally reported at AVA 1:1-scale, if memory serves me.
Hucho wasn't shy about Jaray's Cd 0.13 pumpkinseed.
Or Wolfgang Klemperer's numbers from Zeppelin.
Or Lay.
These would be useful investigations.
CUER returned Cd 0.11 at one of the aeronautical tunnels. It's very reminiscent of the 1920-1939 research models.
Kamm's lowest drag car didn't survive the war.