Also, Bicycle Bob, love your posts! It seems you may be a good guy to ask this:
since this shape looks very "clark Y-ish" how big a deal might body lift be with a 900 to 1200lb (with riders) vehicle? Is mitigating body lift simply a matter of making sure the angle of attack is good and negative? say 10 degrees?
One other thing, the trike by design will have a 100% smooth body pan front to back, is it better to fair it well and let the body pan do its thing, or dam the air at the nose as much as possible? possibly with something like a rubber lower dam and go for say 2"?
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