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Old 11-04-2013, 05:55 PM   #141 (permalink)
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Old 11-04-2013, 06:01 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Broken links in that article above - pity.

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Middle: Yarn was placed on the cast and biotelemetry devices to help measure flow patterns and turbulence. Right: Drag was measured for various experimental attachments such as this submersible camera.
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Old 11-04-2013, 09:54 PM   #144 (permalink)
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My new favorite truck cab. At 0:27-29 you can see the wake bubble before the lowering pressure evacuates it.
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Old 11-05-2013, 10:09 AM   #145 (permalink)
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I wonder where the air going into the front grille is exiting from.

Underneath I suppose?
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I noticed that and wondered if the engine is racing in neutral.

It would be no problem with a VW Beetle. You just take off the fan belt and run the generator as a motor.
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That magenta-colored smoke is something of a statistical outlier.
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Maybach Exelero picture # 15 of 15, Technical image, MY 2005, 800x600


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