more eye candy
 

If you'll do a search @ GOOGLE IMAGES for:Reinhard Koenig-Fachsenfeld,look at all 46-pages for a glimpse into the past and present.If you click on images it will pull you into sites like AUTO BILD klassik which has a Bildgalerie and wind tunnel images of early cars,some with Cds posted.Fun!:D

Here's a old car that is new to me:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rodinamica.jpg

Prototyp-Sonderausstellung: Geschichte der Aerodynamik (Bildergalerie, Bild 1) - MOTOR KLASSIK

It's practically porn! :eek:

Phil, man these are some great images !

I hadn't seen this one before : http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...642-525017.jpg

( Note the flow separation at the tail end )

1938 Phantom Corsair
 

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Pha...V-07-PB_02.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Pha...V-07-PB_01.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QKZ02XMSrJ...pe_1938_02.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bxw8no7jjS...DV-09-AI_4.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eP-4q7XKqe...DV-09-AI_3.jpg

NOOOOOOO!!! Not the giant image monster! :mad:

Separation???
 

Thanks to Phil and others for this thread and pix.

Cd, what separation? Smoke shows a layer gradient but flow seems attached to me. The wake looks small. What do you see that I'm missing?

Might be slippery, but man that would be a tough car to live with. I'll take my MPG "hit" and enjoy versatility, visibility and maneuverability :thumbup:

Sorry about the big pictures, but it is eye candy, after all.

All I've got to say is 1938 was the pinnacle of low drag aerodynamic cars: the Schlörwagen Göttinger Ei (aka Pillbug) alone would earn this status, but there are several other cars built around this time, too.

The article whence this image comes is also quite interesting (including an interview with a Mercedes aerodynamicist). The accompanying gallery cites the XL1 as having a Cd of .19.