• reptar@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Kudos for your humility, but you just said that you have no idea the magnitude.

    I didn’t mean to discount your awareness of the margins of optimization. It’s quite a thing moving the needle in an established market (not to mention the money and years of R&D). But this ain’t it

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      8 hours ago

      Do you know the magnitude? If not, we’re both talking out of our asses. There must be some research or wind tunnel data out there about this, but I don’t have the numbers and I don’t know where to look.

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        6 hours ago

        I was thinking about my comment today and that I was being a grouchy meanie. Sorry!

        No I don’t know the numbers, but yeah vehicle aero tests, even at full scale are very doable. CFDs probably sufficient too. You said you’re a formula fan iirc, so that’s probably something you hear about plenty.

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          5 hours ago

          I thought you were very polite and respectful, no worries.

          I only know enough about aerodynamics to understand that I don’t actually know shit. I think most racing fans are in the same boat as me.

          I’d love to learn more, and that’s really all that I was asking for.