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Originally Posted by ennored
Not sure if this belongs here, or in the unaerodynamic thread....
All the facts I found:
Miata based.
Tulsa cars and coffee.
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* It's beautifully executed ( English wheel and planisher envy! )
* Missed opportunity with the backlight.
* Missed opportunity with plan-taper.
* Thickening fins are adding back cross-sectional area.
* Sectioned boot cylinders leading edges may be drafting the greenhouse, but at their trailing edges, they'd likely be in re-attached flow, also be adding back cross-sectional area.
* It's aft-body is reminiscent of the North American X-15. In subsonic flow, the base pressure drag constituted 80% of overall aerodynamic drag