But they could fly better than
a Pinto.
I've been reading more, the Conclusion quotes six design patterns from Lay in the 1930s.
Quote:
Suggestions Offered to Car Builders
1. Remove all barnacles or wind-claws from the car. If they cannot be removed, build the body out to enclose them.
2. Replace all sharp edges and radii and corners with round edges and corners of generous radii.
3. Build the front of the vehicle to bore a hole through the air with the least possible disturbance of the surrounding air.
4. Build the rear of the body to lay the air back in place without eddies or turbulence.
5. The shape for the ideal streamline form naturally provides space for the housing of the engine at the rear.
6. The public is becoming streamline conscious and will welcome these changes at a more rapid rate than ever before.
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I'm trying to figure out the significance of Figures 14 and 15. I can see separating out the X and Z vectors, but the blue bottom in 15. — is that a ground interaction?