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Originally Posted by KamperBob
BZP, keep up the great work and sharing. Your logic lost me on one point. If tape fails in heat then why should hot glue survive heat? If you used ordinary duct tape, you might try gorilla tape. That stuff is really tenacious.
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Thanks, Bob.
Hot glue seems to work well without losing adhesion in direct sun. My duct tape from the winter build started melting off because the color of the tape I was using was black and was absorbing the heat more efficiently. Yes, it was the expensive Gorilla tape, too! The adhesive on the tape seems to git soft and loses significant holding properties. However, I'm finding out that the hot glue seems to lose it's holding properties on metal when the environment gits cool/cold. The ducktail has held up so far but the upper part of the rear wheel skirts are popping off. Didn't lose anything so far but I'm gonna see if I can put some fastener setup on those before I head back home.
I did git my best mileage so far from Ardmore to Wichita...34.93MPG! No detectable head or tail wind, traffic was light.
The few tweaks I made were to the main belly pan support (lowered 3/4"), reversed gurney flap to the extended rear diffuser, foam insulation to the leading edge of the aero cap sides, and the better support on the hatch.