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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Are you suggesting we add extra mirrors, since the result would be "only" a 2-4% increase in fuel consumption?
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Nope, not suggesting that.
Just sayin', I don't want complicated, expensive, relatively unreliable systems to replace simple, cheap, proven ones for a fractional mpg gain (ex. 33 mpg x 1.02 = 33.66. And as I noted somewhere here on EM re: sidewinds I'm not so sure these mirror drag effects could be proven at all anyway).
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...s-11580-2.html
I suspect I drive through x-wind yaw more severe than depicted most of the time. How much "frontal" area and drag are these mirrors adding? I bet the downwind mirror adds 0 to drag; while the upwind one may add zero to frontal area but may add some form drag...