Although made in different posts, all the parts for what seems to be
workable front wheel/fender skirts have been mentioned:
1. A non-spinning wheel disc with a center-point bearing attached to the
wheel for outside the wheel , non-permeable support and centering. But
instead of having the rough diameter of the
wheel, it would be slightly
larger than the diameter of the
tire, and even be rolled slightly
inward around the outer edge of the tire. The disc would be cut off on a
chord at the level of the rocker panels.
2. The wheel disc would also be attached to the spindle with three braces
that wrap over and behind the tire/wheel, one at the top, and two at
~+/-120 deg from the top one.
3. A flexible membrane stretched across the wheel opening.
In this way, as the wheel is turned side to side in tight turns, the non-
spinning disc contacts and stretches the whole length of the membrane.
Anti-turning force from the membrane against the wheel would be
minimized.
[EDIT: Small diameter rollers affixed to the inside of the disc might be
needed to keep from side loading the center bearing as the disc pushes
out against the membrane in turns. This is getting complicated.]
This I think, just might do the trick.
Of course, removing the rig to change a tire would be the devil's own
work!
