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aerohead · 03-19-2021, 04:58 PM

Here's a low quality image of R.G.S. White's aerodynamic 'recipe', he came up with at MIRA, and published in 1968.
If you look at E-1 on the chart, you'll see a resemblance to Hucho's 'Optimum' nose.
This shape traces back to World War- I.
https://ecomodder.com/forum/member-a...-drag-cars.jpg

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,267 Thanks: 24,392 Thanked 7,360 Times in 4,760 Posts	'optimum nose' 1968-style Here's a low quality image of R.G.S. White's aerodynamic 'recipe', he came up with at MIRA, and published in 1968. If you look at E-1 on the chart, you'll see a resemblance to Hucho's 'Optimum' nose. This shape traces back to World War- I. https://ecomodder.com/forum/member-a...-drag-cars.jpg Attached Thumbnails __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/