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Old 02-05-2011, 05:59 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The shape at the tailgate would seem to be very important, too. The black Italian-designed unit appears to have a *rising* wedge on the sides? The cap I modeled has a downward curve on the sides:

Neil,just thinking out loud,but it seems that the short bed would aggravate separation in a cap with such steep curvature,and by 'raking' the rails upward they effectively reduce the steepness.
The wake is a little larger but zero separation before the gate .
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