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Old 10-29-2015, 06:08 PM   #461 (permalink)
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Wow !!!!!!!! Just look at the size of that wake before they applied the bubble wrop to the car !!!!!!

Ha hahaha ....NOT !

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Old 10-30-2015, 09:11 AM   #462 (permalink)
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2016 Mercedes Benz Concept IAA WIND TUNNEL low



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Why not start with the EV-1, which IS legal on US roads and go from there? Too bad someone who has a EV-1 does not pull a mold off of it and sell fiberglass bodies.
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There exist a few in museums. That 'someone' should walk around one with a smart phone with a 3D capture algorithm and convert the polygon mesh to a .stl file.
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Old 10-31-2015, 12:40 PM   #465 (permalink)
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Wow !!!!!!!! Just look at the size of that wake before they applied the bubble wrop to the car !!!!!!

Ha hahaha ....NOT !
Looks like the 1st image was from 5-mph and the 2nd from 20-mph.With zero modifications the flow would do the same as in their graphic.ESTO!
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Looks like the 1st image was from 5-mph and the 2nd from 20-mph.With zero modifications the flow would do the same as in their graphic.ESTO!
But not using this product would take all of the fun out of popping all the bubble wrap on the car !

In other news, here we have the Canadian 'FahrtWind * '

* http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/fahrtwind


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IMO shaped by the wind can create a stunningly beautiful vehicle. I can't imagine how they got the wheels to go from dished to flush at speed though.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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This one made me look. He's claiming increased volume through the duct with the orange piece taped on the white fiberglass part, even with the obvious counterflow. The intent is downforce.

Even if you can believe that, he says the test was done with a shop fan and a leaf blower. No indication if the motor was running. There may be a video if someone cares to go looking for it.
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I read some of that thread yesterday but it was confusing.

One image was of many vents lined up in a row, could of sworn he was advocating combining fog lights with them somehow.

I didn't have time to unravel the mess so I moved on.

One of the comments in another forum was he should have spent his time lining up the body panels (hood) and door gap. I have to admit that I agree.

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