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Increase frontal area to reduce Cd. Final CdA = ?
I wouldn't mind that while returning home in a hail storm...
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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04-13-2024, 11:35 AM
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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04-15-2024, 02:49 PM
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Increase frontal area to reduce Cd. Final CdA = ?
I wouldn't mind that while returning home in a hail storm...
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I wonder if that works in the bedroom?
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04-15-2024, 04:23 PM
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Who wants to carry a heavy backpack just to be streamlined?
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IIRC the uncropped illustration showed one standing but unoccupied. It would be more like putting on a unicycle.
I suspect at speed, crouched down, it would be an aerodynamic lifting body.
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Shortyverse is no longer my favorite retro AI channel, that might be Dog People Productions or Abandoned Films, but this one is car-centric:
I approve KITT being a Porsche 550 Spyder.
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I approve KITT being a Porsche 550 Spyder.
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For some retro-futuristic approach it would be quite cool...
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05-05-2024, 08:56 AM
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Saw in VW museum (betcha @aerohead wont see much wtong with it)
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Trabant parade ( more than 3 running consecutively)
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