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Old 09-25-2012, 06:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
What about this one:

I have a copy of the template with a caption that suggests treating the upper and lower surfaces differently (match height for the top, match wheelbase for the underbody). I did drop the ball on matching the underbody in the subsequent illustrations.


I read that as "if your going to 'fudge' it, you should really know what your doing."

botsapper -- How about front half VW bus, back half Bowlus Papoose (clone).
That one is not aligned with the roof apex and will give you incorrect angles at the beginning of the tail.

Yeah you can fudge if you know what you're doing, but do you have a commercial grade wind tunnel? I didn't think so

If you want to mess around for awhile with ABA coastdown testing and CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) that's fine by me; it'll be an interesting read. However if you want to go with what works I'd recommend following the lead of so many intrepid souls before us.

The trailer looks like it is much, much too short!

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