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MPGeo 11-26-2016 12:02 PM

METRO - Better Aero Backwards ???
 
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So looking into ideas for future aero mods for my project Metro, I started playing around with the template, and by mistake I happen to place the picture backwards...

And I'll be... Doesn't it seem that the Metro has a better aero potential if you flip it backwards??? :eek:

This has had my wheels spinning for several weeks now... What you guys think?


Not My Car....

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1480179485

Stubby79 11-26-2016 12:55 PM

:eek:
That's what I've been doing wrong!
:p

freebeard 11-26-2016 01:28 PM

It's an interesting case of curve fitting, but a moot point since it would be undrivable. The Ackermann effect is reversed. You might be able to hold a straight line but it would run wild in the corners.

aerohead 11-26-2016 01:47 PM

backwards
 
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Originally Posted by MPGeo (Post 527900)
So looking into ideas for future aero mods for my project Metro, I started playing around with the template, and by mistake I happen to place the picture backwards...

And I'll be... Doesn't it seem that the Metro has a better aero potential if you flip it backwards??? :eek:

This has had my wheels spinning for several weeks now... What you guys think?


Not My Car....

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1480179485

It was true of the 1929 Chrysler.Cd 0.64 'forwards',and Cd 0.51 'backwards.'
MythBusters did a Porsche but I've never been compfortable with their testing methodologies.
The A2 Wind Tunnel did the VW Beetlembut I've never seen the results.
It would cost around $450 to find out at A2.

freebeard 11-26-2016 04:53 PM

Okay, a wind tunnel would be a safe place to try it.


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