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Old 07-25-2021, 07:49 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
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?
Determining the optimal angle for a boat-tail (or any body extension) cannot be ascertained by looking at a template.

No predetermined shape can be used to do any of the following:

Guide the shape of extensions to cars, to guide the heights of spoilers, to assess the 'aerodynamic purity' of shapes, to determine where there will be attached and separated flow etc, etc

If it were all as easy as that, gosh that would be good.