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Old 02-15-2010, 12:51 AM   #17 (permalink)
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I have Hucho's "bible" here with some data on side skirts and yaw in semi trailers and they improve the CD. At a yaw of 25˚ the cd is .15 better with fully skirted wheels.

CD @ 25˚ yaw faired: 1.0
CD @ 25˚yaw open wheeled: 1.15

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