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Body plan taper and drag
*Part-1
*This is way overdue,but it's taken time to accumulate images.I'm just going to post 'em randomly and we can talk about them later
*from Koenig-Fachsenfeld (Kamm)
*lowest drag 2-D profile (Horner)
*Mair's boat tail (either plan or elevation)
*Walter Korff,Lockheed
*Rolf Buchheim,Volkswagen
*Tatra
*Summers Brother's Goldenrod,1965
*Paul Jaray,circa,1924
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
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03-12-2016, 03:57 PM
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Part-2
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
*FKFS,circa 1935
*Baby template car for DARKO,2016
*Walter Lay,University of Michigan,1933
*FKFS 2-D bodies,circa 1935
*Paul Jaray,circa 1922
*Paul Jaray,circa 1922
*Paul Jaray,circa 1922
*VW XL1
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03-12-2016, 04:24 PM
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Part-3
*NASA 1980
*AUDI
*Lamborghini Countach
*Lexus LS
*Nissan
*Honda Accord
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*GM EV1
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*Tesla S
*early Golf/Rabbit
*Edison-2
*Honda 2000 Gen-1 Insight
*1978 M-B C-111 III short-tail Cd 0.195
*2012 Ford Probe X,Cd 0.152
*2006 Daihatsu UFE-III,Cd 0.168
*1978 M-B C-111,III long-tail,Cd 0.178
*Toyota Prius
*MG EX-181,Cd 0.12
*1934 Dymaxion Car,originally estimated at Cd 0.25
*1922 Wolfgang Klemperer,Cd 0.15
*1996 Honda Dream III
*1938-9 Schl'o'wagen Cd 0.186?
*1922 Paul Jaray,Cd 0.13
*1981 VW Drop car,by Buchheim et al.
*another VW by Buchheim et al.
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03-12-2016, 04:38 PM
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I'm just going to post 'em randomly and we can talk about them later
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You have the power to go back and edit the posts to enumerate them. I suggest 1.1 through 3.26. So we can talk about 'em later.
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03-12-2016, 04:43 PM
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Part-4
*1978 M-B C-111 III short-tail Cd 0.195
*FKFS circa late-1930s
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*Elliott G.Reid,Stanford University,1935
*1969,R.G.S.White,MIRA,Cd 0.245
*1963,Walter Korff,Lockheed,Cd 0.20
*US Patent
*1987 Renault V.I.R.A.G.E.,Cd 0.29
*circa 1924,A.Persu Patent drawing
*FKFS wind tunnel model,circa 1935
*FKFS wind tunnel model,circa 1935
*FKFS illustration,circa 1935 (Fachsenfeld)
*Phil Knox CRX project,1991
*2-D drag,from Hoerner,1951
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edit/Beetle
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You have the power to go back and edit the posts to enumerate them. I suggest 1.1 through 3.26. So we can talk about 'em later.
Where's the Beetle?
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*yes,I can add errant data. 
*I only have a crappy,low res. plan-view of the Beetle and it probably wouldn't serve us well. 
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03-15-2016, 03:10 AM
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To what purpose?
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03-15-2016, 01:31 PM
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Here's a link to a better image than what I have
http://car-blueprints.narod.ru/image...-1300-1963.gif
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03-15-2016, 01:44 PM
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I'm waiting to learn the bounds of discussion. Everyone else just Thanked you and moved on.
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03-15-2016, 01:55 PM
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