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Old 02-23-2012, 06:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
Ed-in-Maine
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Iceberg - '02 Ford F250 XLT
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90 day: 18.3 mpg (US)

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That's a nice design you built Sven7. I have a hard time seeing how the interior accommodations would be installed. Bed and Galley. Can I get that model in to Sketchup to play with?

And yes radii at edges are better BUT, ease of construction is also a requirement. A radius in one direction is easy, two is very hard, given time, materials and tools at hand. That's why I was curious which direction of leading edge might be better, horizontal vs vertical.

I like the idea of bringing the trailing edge up to aero profile and chopping the end off. I'm limited to about 10'-12' total length.

Does anyone know if that aero shape is in the Google Sketch up library? And if so the name.

This camper is to be towed 90+% of the time behind a small car like our Toyota Matrix hence the limited size and weight.
Thanks for the input.
Ed
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