https://hum3d.com/3d-models/honda-dream-solar-car-1996/
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Sounds excessive, a six inch tire would need a three foot tail. HVAC is an inverse case. Mair found an l/d of 1.0 gets 80% of the maximum.
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Things are what they are.
This is 'wing'/ 'strut'/ 'section' stuff. Two-dimensional flow, where otherwise 'excessive' fineness ratios are king.
Solar racers will put three feet behind a one-inch bicycle tire. Cd 0.10.
Mair's metrics were only for three-dimensional flow. Peregrine falcons.
