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Old 07-25-2021, 07:45 PM   #50 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar View Post
Boat-tailing will work very well on most cars. But determining its optimal angles from a template is absolute rubbish.

I am quite happy to explain why that is the case - I have done so here many times before.

As I said, people are so far down a rabbit hole of misinformation they don't seem to realise it. I've honestly never seen anything like it!
The thing is we can all only guess what you're trying to say sometimes. You sounded like you have no faith in shapes at all. As if an aerodynamic shape of any sort (not just the "template") has no value whatsoever.

Now it sounds like you're saying boat-tailing only works if you have it built at an optimal angle... As if a sub-optimal angle wouldn't help. After all, the template is rubbish, so following it should either not help or just make aerodynamics worse.

Is that what you mean?
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