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Old 11-21-2022, 12:50 PM   #565 (permalink)
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The concept ignored engine cooling and the rear fenders (basically everything from the beltline down).



From the same time frame. I have better software now, but the computer's monitor died. My goal for today is to replace it (Nextstep has screens at half off -- 23-24" for $30).

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An extremely complicated build, since body camber on the roof is the most 'mature', the main body plan-camber, in 'second-place', and the pontoon fenders just in their 'infancy.'
This external duct dates to 2021:



Basically, a truncated half-body with a gaping mouth that swallows the Beetle body wake. The dotted line on the rigfht indicates a coanda nozzle (like a Dyson fan). It was based on this:



[Phase: sorry about the thread jack]
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