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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Ah, yes, there it is.
Here's what happens when you follow the template literally:
Here's the same, with the bottom curving upward along a spline that crosses a 7° construction line about 2/3 of the way along its length.
The rear truncation is just slightly taller than a US license plate. Looks like you will have room on both sides for reverse lights and a license plate light.
Also, as you can see, I was a little sloppy where the tail attaches to the car, leaving a gap.
EDIT: I should add, this model is 4.89m long, 95cm longer than stock. That's much better than the 5.42m that I predicted in post #1 of this thread. |
Robert,I think you'll like that section chop at 70% of the effective aft-body.I've spent a lot of time recently going over Hoerner's fuselage work,also The Jaray,Kamm,Lay,and Morelli CNR banana car phantom tail stuff.
I'm not ready to present that in a thread yet,but I can tell you categorically,that if you can extend the body to 70% of the template you're basically "there".
The region where the license plate and lights will be will be within this phantom flow with almost immeasurable drag penalty compared to the full length tail.