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04-25-2019, 07:12 AM
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04-30-2019, 01:44 PM
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Both my vehicles have problems in this area. The Beetle is pretty hopeless, that's the area the engine cooling air comes from.
Isn't the rear roof angle about the worst it could be? I'm thinking that an extension should be fairly short across the top, but with sail panels down to the beltline. Creating vortexes that roll onto and reattach to the window glass.
At least I don't have taillights to deal with like the Roomster and Insight.
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04-30-2019, 05:18 PM
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Both my vehicles have problems in this area. The Beetle is pretty hopeless, that's the area the engine cooling air comes from.
Isn't the rear roof angle about the worst it could be? I'm thinking that an extension should be fairly short across the top, but with sail panels down to the beltline. Creating vortexes that roll onto and reattach to the window glass.
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You could try directly measuring the pressures across the rear window and then trialing different shaped extensions and seeing what happens to those pressures.
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04-30-2019, 05:43 PM
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Thanks. I'm speaking hypothetically, step #1 would be putting insurance back on it so it can be used on public highways. 
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On-road testing of the Tesla Model S
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05-08-2019, 08:17 PM
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Both my vehicles have problems in this area. The Beetle is pretty hopeless, that's the area the engine cooling air comes from.
Isn't the rear roof angle about the worst it could be? I'm thinking that an extension should be fairly short across the top, but with sail panels down to the beltline. Creating vortexes that roll onto and reattach to the window glass.
At least I don't have taillights to deal with like the Roomster and Insight. |
What I took away from that video is that airflow stays attached at some pretty severe angles. My Celica has a similar shape and preliminary dust testing suggests the rear window has attached flow.
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05-09-2019, 11:47 PM
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So, this is a really good video. It deserves more attention than it's going to get posted in this nondescript way burried in this thread. I hope the OP will consider creating a new thread just for the video.
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05-10-2019, 03:57 AM
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So, this is a really good video. It deserves more attention than it's going to get posted in this nondescript way burried in this thread. I hope the OP will consider creating a new thread just for the video.
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Thank you!
Personally, I think for the amateur modifier, my videos on measuring surface body pressures are more of a breakthrough. eg https://youtu.be/Vb859fOe-S0
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