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Making of the Fairing

First we design the car's fairing on the computer using Solid Works, Rhinoceros and a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) program. This allows us to test the aerodynamics of the car and decide on the best model for our needs.

A CAD model of the car

Comparative graph of drag on different computer models of the car



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