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Old 02-24-2012, 05:59 PM   #29 (permalink)
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plan taper

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Originally Posted by Ed-in-Maine View Post
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I know that you'd lose interior space,but allowing body plan taper would give upwards of an additional 38% drag reduction.Both Walter E.Lay and Wunibald Kamm confirmed this during wind tunnel research.
The gap is hurting you also.If the gap must remain,then a bulbous nose will give the lowest drag,especially in crosswinds.
If you can look at Hucho's books,you'll find hard numbers attached to different trailer architectures at varying degrees of yaw.
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