[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Here's the part you left out:


http://sunlake.org/solar/archaeology...onda/honda.htm


What I notice is the triangular cross section:


http://www.hondaoldies.de/Korbmacher...ream/dream.htm

Similar to the ME-262. I think it superior to the hemicircular cross-section because it would kill lift driving sideways. Also similar to the Cybertruck/F-117.

Would width necessarily have to scale with the height and length? Does fineness ratio apply laterally?

I suspect that there were many tradeoffs between interior packaging, drag, stability, and photovoltaic performance.
While it may have yaw-moment advantage, it might have roll-moment issues. I don't know.
With driver, Dream only weighed 583-pounds. And it had to operate near Australian land trains.
In 'calm' conditions, the car was reported as 'zero downforce' which is same as 'zero-lift', or 'neutral lift.'
Takahiro Iwata did report yaw-induced ' tail-wagging' @ 65-mph. He also said that, ' At 110 km/h. you will become very scared.'
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To maintain all dimensional fidelity, under the rules for verisimilitude ( dynamic similarity ) all dimensions would have to change proportionally, remaining 'identical' with the exception of frontal area.