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GasSavers_maximilian 09-02-2009 05:53 PM

Messing with the window shape sounds hard.

theholycow 09-03-2009 05:09 AM

Looks like an Insight mated with an xB and gave birth to a minivan.

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 09-03-2009 06:03 AM

Yeah, some of the mods would be more inclined towards making the air take the same path they take around the Bionic rather than faithfully replicating the shape... What I mean by that is that in certain areas, like probably the roof, I'd try and use a deflector to make stable vortices that round out the shape, rather than adding a bodywork humpback.

Another option for airflow control to try and force the air to flow round a profile different to the actual surface shape is similar to that artillery shell method, and I believe may be used on some classified munitions and projectiles. This would be high voltage charging to either push air away at certain points or to pull it back in.


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