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Originally Posted by aerohead
1) The Mercedes is not a 'full' body, with respect the 'entire' body it's derived from.
2) Your measurements, while representative of the given length of the Mercedes, would, in no way, reflect the context within which my comment was prefaced.
3) If 'half' of the Mercedes weren't missing, you'd be left with the thickest boundary layer and lowest drag, represented in the pressure profile of the missing body.
4) 'many' cars does not constitute 'all' cars. Measure a 'Kamm-back' and report back.( Renault Vesta-II, Mercedes-Benz Bionic Boxfish, Mercedes-Benz IAA, with tail extended etc..)
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What, so it is actually a theory that applies only to three cars in the entire world? Sorry, I would have thought we're interested in theory that applies to the cars we're working on - you know, the ones we're modifying.
Yet again, an Aerohead theory that doesn't match reality.