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Originally Posted by freebeard
I intended 'speed holes' somewhat ironically.
Semi-permeable membrane? Better?
Still, side or rear facing? |
That works!
Historically, for low-drag, one would skip as much body porosity as possible. And absolutely in the aft-body. So that rules out the sides.
Narrow the body as much as possible, while maintaining attached flow. Use every millimeter of body length for pressure regain, high base pressure.
But until we've buried all the 'Paris Dressmakers', they're still gonna want 'wheel styling', so fewer 'skirts' which would render them obsolete.
Rear-facing could definitely be part of your forced-air, Coanda-nozzle effect pressure injection into the wake; if we could master the energy required to power the necessary air mover.