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Old 11-23-2009, 06:33 PM   #4 (permalink)
bennelson
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On the other hand, if the boat-tail hit something, or if another car hit the boat-tail, what would happen?

Without a rigid frame stretching out the boat-tail, it probably wouldn't even scratch the offending car.

An inflatable boat-tail could be much SAFER that a rigid one. I think a material similar to to mylar but with out the shine would be great to work with.

Still, the challenge will be how to attach it to the vehicle in such a way so that it is well attached, but still stows/removes easily.

I would STILL love to see someone ACTUALLY MAKE an inflatable boat tail. There has been lots of talk of it, but I have never seen anyone actually make one yet!
(I will add it to my list of projects, but it wouldn't be til 2012 that I would get to it!)
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