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The Future of Automotive Aerodynamics
Popular Mechanics ^
| 19 June 2018
| Ezra Dyer
Posted on 06/21/2018 2:18:38 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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A Teachable Moment Le Mans, 1999: Cresting a hill + low downforce = flight. Somehow, no one was hurt.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Well, that’s ONE WAY to pass on a straightaway....................
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:19:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
To: Rummyfan
Back when cars had 'style'......................
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:21:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
To: Rummyfan
I want one of these, 40+ miles per gallon and no pollution..................it's possible............
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:23:25 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
To: Rummyfan
Aren’t cars rounded enough now? I can hardly wait until they are all the shape of something pooped out of a giant monster and they have almost no visibility out the rear window.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:28:08 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(".... and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed." Acts 13:48)
To: Pining_4_TX
From the article:
The wind wants your car to look like a raindrop, and anything else is a compromise.
So no, they're not rounded enough.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:29:44 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:31:25 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(".... and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed." Acts 13:48)
To: Rummyfan
So, do they have a plot of Cd’s over time?
Frontal areas?
Data on how pickup trucks are doing?
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:32:38 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
The wind wants your car to look like a raindrop
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:32:41 PM PDT
by
Rio
(I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
To: Red Badger
Mother, brother and I lived in a small upstairs apartment—2 rooms and a bathroom in 1954-55 from a very nice landlord in a small Missouri town. We became good friends with the landlord and family. Years later, I think 1958 or 59 we went back to visit, and Buck had a brand new Edsel in the garage. I was very impressed at the time.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:33:47 PM PDT
by
Neoliberalnot
(MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
To: Rummyfan
The cars of the future pictured in Popular Science just after WWII were teardroppy in shape, and instead of a gas tank had a little atomic plant about the size of a Coke bottle, that would run forever without refilling.
At least, that's how I remember them. I was only 10.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:34:50 PM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Neoliberalnot
It was a beautiful car with a terrible name. ..................
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:35:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
To: Rummyfan
They don't HAVE to all look alike.
Introducing the 1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen. The first production aerodynamically designed automobile, before the Chrysler Airflow and the Tatra 77.
To: Pining_4_TX
Actually, I read the rest of the article ... they’re talking about dynamically changing the shape of the car’s air dam, and similar things, to improve aerodynamics without turning the car into a raindrop.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:36:09 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Red Badger
If they built a car that looked like that with modern mechanicals and electronics...
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:36:35 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Rummyfan
Mercedes really screwed the pooch on that one.
The Mulssane Straight is no more, due to Mercedes poor aerodynamics.
It USED to be three miles of high speed driving, now it’s three one mile straight sections with curves separating them.
Way to come back to racing after their 1955 Le Mans disaster...
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:37:10 PM PDT
by
BBB333
(The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
To: Rummyfan
Modern cars are horrible. No wonder trucks sell so well.
What with massive C pillars, headrests that block your view, sloping roofs, tiny rear windows and zero visability - it's no wonder you need back up cameras, 360 degree cameras, cross traffic sensors, lane change warnings and more.
Ah well. Autonomous driving will soon be here. We can set in our cocoon car and maybe watch a video.
To: Spruce
They couldn’t make them fast enough.................
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:37:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
To: Rummyfan
Nope. Too much marketing and fashion ruling over engineering.
It's like the music industry, try something new and the "experts" will trash it.
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:40:58 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
How about this front-loading BMW?!
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posted on
06/21/2018 2:42:54 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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