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Man have I been going to town with that streamlining template and mpg calculator, I can tell you how appreciative I am to the team who put that together!
Ive been thinking, the name of the game of Aero is 1) Keep the frontal area down. 2) smooth is better 3) dont taper beyond the template specs and 4) pointy "terminations" of a shape are best.
All sound about right?
Ok, so the latest version of my drawing had me enclosing the tops of the wheels under a "hatch" that actuates when the wheel comes up in shock travel and having a fender that covers most of the wheel to form a pseudo enclosed wheel.
The thing is I have this niggling feeling that the thing just isnt "pretty" and thats hard to explain because I love aero things...
Ok, heres the idea, terminate the horizontal line where the people are horizonally and the vertical line enclosing the wheels and rear riders legs as the come around front rider with a vertical line (crude drawing attached)
Dont laugh but it calls to mind something from Star wars I think, from Naboo lol.
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