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Originally Posted by KamperBob
t vago, I wasn't picking at all. I would like to understand your motivation for gullies on the sides. Is the ole tear-back look an aesthetic goal for example? Inquiring minds want to know.  |
I know, I was just trying to make a funny.
Anyway, I have noticed in the past, when my tonneau cover was covered with snow, the obvious thing that air wants to flow down from the roof of the cab. I also noticed that air wants to flow back toward the centerline of the bed from the sides. Who am I to argue with Mother Nature?
Also, from reading
that other grad paper that was posted yesterday in this forum, I noted that the traditional 12 degree sloped aerocap was good for a reduction in C(d) of 16.2%. Sloping the sides, like what I am going to do, resulted in a reduction in C(d) of 19.8%. To me, the math makes sense.