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Old 10-23-2010, 09:22 PM   #58 (permalink)
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You persist in missing the point Frank Lee? Less than ideal "wake separation" with a 5% penalty is irrelevant with what is important in a travel trailer. Even a tripled penalty is offset by frontal treatment and edge treatment.

Show us the production trailer where squared rear edges match, must less outperform, the acknowledged ideal the past 80-years for all situations to be found on the road concerning winds.



Some other stuff:

A European trailer no longer sold here, but a good design, and pretty good reports from owners in re road manners (Leaks were another thing). The page points out design considerations worth knowing for a travel trailer.

AWARD Travel Trailers
Welcome to Award Recreational Vehicles


An extended discussion in re aero from RV.net. Wes Tausend does a good job, IMO. (The contributors are other trailer owners with a lot of miles).

*>*Wind Drag: V-Nose or Sloped Nose?
Trailer Life Directory Open Roads Forum: Wind Drag: V-Nose or Sloped Nose?


With both the OP's trailer, the BRENDERUP and the AWARD, the front is "V'd" (or splits the air) up & down versus right to left. Is it because of sidewall drag? Or construction/space considerations? Or does it matter?

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