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Old 12-16-2020, 05:25 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
The first full-scale wind tunnel at FKFS opened in 1939--after the development of this car--which might explain why the drag coefficient of the real thing would have been calculated using coast down tests and why Kamm would have used that number in his published material.
Kamm's lowest drag car was built in the winter of 1941-42, after the 1:1-scale tunnel.
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