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Old 04-04-2009, 10:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
The front end shape is not critical for wind resistance unless you are going for true laminar flow. Lifting the air to the roof in two steps is not much harder than doing it all at once, and the resulting flow can still be resolved gracefully. If you want a light, fast car, crosswind stability is a major concern, and having a thin, heavy front end is a great benefit.
I believe that's the point that was probably nagging the back of my mind. Aerocivic copy it is then.
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