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Old 10-28-2011, 10:34 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Can you explain why Porsche has abandoned the Lange body with the new 918 and that it is more 'Template?'
I did not imagine the 918 was near template, I'll have to do an overlay later on. I thought the rear window went straight up behind the humps or targa roof.

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Old 10-28-2011, 12:59 PM   #42 (permalink)
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There is no such thing as common sense.
To be fair, "common sense" does seem to work pretty well in a lot of fields of engineering, among other things.

But not aero. At least, according to former co-workers who had aero engineering degrees, aerodynamics is the least-intuitive and most empirical of all of the engineering disciplines. Meaning that it agrees with common sense the least, and is derived from testing the most.

"Aero is weird stuff" was my personal take on it.

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To be fair, "common sense" does seem to work pretty well in a lot of fields of engineering, among other things.

But not aero. At least, according to former co-workers who had aero engineering degrees, aerodynamics is the least-intuitive and most empirical of all of the engineering disciplines. Meaning that it agrees with common sense the least, and is derived from testing the most.

"Aero is weird stuff" was my personal take on it.

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