[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Otto

Check this out:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...=rep1&type=pdf

Esp. see configurations G and H, with CD <0.25 and wheels/tires not optimized, plus sharp roof edges. Basic brick with wheels, streamlined.

Otto,a very late thanks for the link.I was at Edwards when NASA was doing this but only got glimpses.Didn't have access to their work until fairly recently.
My little home-made smoke tunnel came up with about the same solution in 1979 and was basis for the VW Transporter project my senior year.
I've had the boat-tail bug ever since.And I still own the Transporter and may re-visit the project,along with some extra whistles and bells.
The Beechcraft Bonanza fuselage might be the perfect travel companion for it as a 1-wheel trailer.