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aerohead · 08-03-2011, 07:27 PM

The frosty weather continues and I can take the temps 'til about 2:00 pm.
I've been 'cheating',adding bellypan below,and an inverted splitter/flow corrector to the 'roof' of the trailers boat hull to push the structure forward so as to minimize the top and bottom articulated gap-fillers.
I started out 'lengthy' with the bottom pans,and then have attempted to drive them to destruction.
I've had some success,bending the passenger side pan.
I leave the trailer on the truck,drive as I normally would and if there is any interference from pitch,yaw,or roll it will show up as crunch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very sophisticated and high-tech.
After trimming,she goes out again for another bout.
Our roads are pitiful and built by pedants with the wrong book,so it's impossible to design to SAE specs and expect anything to survive around here.
It's an adventure every day!

08-03-2011, 07:27 PM	#177 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,228 Thanks: 24,375 Thanked 7,357 Times in 4,757 Posts	Construct,crunch,trim! Progress? The frosty weather continues and I can take the temps 'til about 2:00 pm. I've been 'cheating',adding bellypan below,and an inverted splitter/flow corrector to the 'roof' of the trailers boat hull to push the structure forward so as to minimize the top and bottom articulated gap-fillers. I started out 'lengthy' with the bottom pans,and then have attempted to drive them to destruction. I've had some success,bending the passenger side pan. I leave the trailer on the truck,drive as I normally would and if there is any interference from pitch,yaw,or roll it will show up as crunch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very sophisticated and high-tech. After trimming,she goes out again for another bout. Our roads are pitiful and built by pedants with the wrong book,so it's impossible to design to SAE specs and expect anything to survive around here. It's an adventure every day!