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Originally Posted by Braebyrn
I wonder about the air behind the truck and between the trailer.? If I put scoops to pull the air in and then drop it out behind the truck? I was thinking about that drag.
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sorry i didnt make myself clear, you make an opening at the front of the trailer
where you had your nosecone, all that air trying to push your trailer back will now go inside the trailer into a duct that channels that air to the very back through a hole in the center of the loading door/ramp (which is cool since you are dealing with cars, which tires will ride alongside the hole during loading and unloading) and into the middle of your tailcone which would have to have an exit for the ducted air to go.
now comes the cool part. the ducted air as well as the naturally flowing air from the sides top and bottom flow around towards the center and converge
with the ducted air. and this is what is really slick about it, if this setup is done properly the outside "airs" will help pull along the ducted air and vice versa! this is known as augmentation and the formula 1 crowd uses this phenomenon all day long.
punch a coupa hows in ya trailer?! may seem radical - yes it is, but you will driver father between fillups and perhaps even start a trend!