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Old 12-30-2008, 06:20 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Epcot/Sunraycer

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Originally Posted by Cd View Post
( What was the Cd of the Epcot 2003 ? , and also, what are the protrusions on the top and bottom of the Sunraycer for ? I'd suspect stability, but I wonder if it was sort of a diffuser on the bottom as well. )
Cd,what I show,is that the Epcot car is the 1982 AERO 2000,with Cd 0.23.------------------ The book "More With Less" has a brief history of the World Solar Challenge,Sunraycer development and competition.The appendages allowed the Sunraycer to survive 40-mph side gusts.
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