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Originally Posted by Logic
Ok... Well there's also some info right in the linked paper, with pictures and graphs and all:
https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.scien...89430497000647
So I suppose my question becomes:
Is there some sort of antipathy toward research papers amongst members here and the public in general?
From previous experience that certainly seems to be the case?
If so; why..? A reading and comprehension issue??
After all, it's often the motor companies that initiate, pay for and implement successful research. Mitsubishi in this case.
A banned Julian Edgar's advice holds more weight..?
Sorry to derail the thread a bit, but I'm really scratching my head and wondering WTF about this!
It seems to me that the mental acrobatics required to discount research, served on a silver platter with pictures, sight unseen, is more mental effort than just scanning the paper!? |
That particular research paper discussed the difference between an air outlet in front of vs behind an engine. However, if you observe highly aerodynamic vehicles, or literally any modern vehicle, manufacturers do neither. They're all wheel well outlets. The VW XL1, for example, has an air
intake under the front, and exhausts out the wheel wells. All Tesla vehicles exhaust through the wheel wells. The Mercedes A Class, which has a Cd of 0.22, exhausts through the wheel wells.
I'm not ambivalent toward academic research papers, but while the information in the paper is interesting, it's largely irrelevant, because neither option compared is generally preferable to the alternatives. I read academic articles frequently - frequently enough to know they are usually targeting something very specific, and this is not the same as a broad overview or meta analysis.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Julian Edgar wasn't banned for being right. It was a situation similar to the BOROPower thread. He didn't take the baiting from our Usual Suspect well.
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Indeed. I got into it with Julian frequently. I have a lot of respect for what he does, but he generally doesn't play nicely with others.