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Robert Cumberford's boat tail
Recently,trained designer,Robert Cumberford,critiqued McLAREN's Speedtail in AUTOMOBILE Magazine.
In the article,Robert mentioned an urban car project he was involved in 40-or so years ago.
The car was 11-feet in length,with a Cd 0.203.
With a 6-foot tail,it was Cd 0.16.
Reminds me of the Morelli/Pinifarina CNR 'banana' car of 1976-1978.
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04-10-2019, 05:36 PM
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The banana car would be this?
https://cardesignnews.com/media/impo...86/252086.html
Very futuristic it was. Does not look nearly as odd now as it must have then.
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Thought RC was long dead by now.
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"Reminds of...."
From the cardesignnew link:
First seen Turin, 1978
Designers Alberto Morelli, Leonardo Fioravanti and Antonello Cogotti
Length 4,320mm [14.17323ft]
Width 1,675mm
Height 1,335mm
Wheelbase 2,555mm
Drag Cd 0.172
Doesn't sound like an exact match
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The car was 11-feet in length,with a Cd 0.203.
With a 6-foot tail,it was Cd 0.16.
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So, 17ft for the lower Cd?
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This might have been last year,but as far as I know,Robert's still slinging words for AUTOMOBILE.
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"Reminds of...."
From the cardesignnew link:
First seen Turin, 1978
Designers Alberto Morelli, Leonardo Fioravanti and Antonello Cogotti
Length 4,320mm [14.17323ft]
Width 1,675mm
Height 1,335mm
Wheelbase 2,555mm
Drag Cd 0.172
Doesn't sound like an exact match
So, 17ft for the lower Cd?
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Yes.I think the long-tailed body without wheels was Cd 0.170,and they made bread slices,cutting the length down as Cumbeford did on his,finally reaching a 'production' length target,with only a slight drag increase,@ Cd0.171.
When they added wheels the drag shot up to 0.35,and they had to spend a lot of time with the cooling system,wheel areas and aspirated rear bumper,to get it down to Cd0.203.
It was amazing in 1978.
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This might have been last year,but as far as I know,Robert's still slinging words for AUTOMOBILE.
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I was thinking of something from more than twenty years ago. Thought he was retirement age then, ha! |
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Take my word for it, twenty years isn't that long.
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