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"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 02/20/2015 at 07:27 • Filed to: None

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What's more aerodynamic, wing-mounted mirrors or door-mounted mirrors? GT6 for your time + slight relevance...

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 07:37

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Door mirrors should be more aerodynamic because they're less exposed to incoming air.

E. Julius > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 07:37

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Cowled fender mounted mirrors:

GhostZ > E. Julius 02/20/2015 at 07:38

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I don't know. You add a lot of surface area that way, even if you don't add much frontal area.

GhostZ > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 07:39

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According to Pagani, ones that stick out about a foot from the car.

Koenigsegg seems to agree:

E. Julius > GhostZ 02/20/2015 at 07:41

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I just wanted to an excuse to post this ridiculous looking car. It's the only thing I've ever seen that's done it, so I'm sure it's not the most aerodynamic.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 07:47

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Depends on the overall shape of the car. The Area Rule doesn't just apply to planes.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 07:48

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I'm under the impression that the more clean air you can give a component, the better it will perform aerodynamically within its purpose. Therefore I vote wing mounted.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > E. Julius 02/20/2015 at 07:57

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Good Lord is that thing weird. Is/was that a Laguna?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2015 at 07:57

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Thanks :) exactly what I was after

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/20/2015 at 07:59

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Gotcha. The overall shape of the car is almost identical to the one pictured above. Just guessing, but I think door-mounted would be shielded a bit by the front wings...

GhostZ > E. Julius 02/20/2015 at 08:02

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There are never enough excuses to post it. I think it's beautiful, even if most people disagree.

E. Julius > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 08:03

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Nope. Nissan Autech Stelvio. It's actually a 1 of 100 or 200 super car bodied by Zagato, so in theory it should be awesome. It's just so funky looking though.

E. Julius > GhostZ 02/20/2015 at 08:05

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It's certainly interesting to behold.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2015 at 09:16

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My instinct is to disagree. They're right in the "dumping area" on the side where the car is trying to get rid of all the front-of-windshield air and increase the overall cross-section where they really shouldn't - i.e. where it's hugeungous.

davedave1111 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/20/2015 at 12:55

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It doesn't matter, wing-mounted mirrors are cool but useless. You will absolutely definitely want the maximum amount of all-round vision in the Spit, so don't even think about wing-mounted mirrors with their smaller FOV and vibration issues.

MrDakka > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/20/2015 at 20:00

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Please for the love of god and not looking like an idiot, don't ever say this again. The area rule is used in aircraft design to reduce drag (mostly wave drag) at TRANSONIC/SUPERSONIC speeds. The only cars where this is even applicable are the ones attempting to break the land speed record.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MrDakka 02/24/2015 at 12:44

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I wondered whether or not I should answer this, but...

I did some research because of your comment (yes I should have done that first). The rule has been used in vehicles as slow as F1. It would still apply to road cars, but the amount of gain from it is nowhere near worth bothering about.

And with that, I will take your advice about not mentioning it.