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Originally Posted by Ken Fry
Three wheelers (aside from the side car arrangement) pick up the additional frontal area of the third wheel, whereas the rear wheels of a four-wheel car are in the wind shadow of the fronts.
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Yeah, in theory. As a practical matter I'd say vehicles operate in cross-wind almost all the time, so hardly ever would the rear wheels on a quad truly be shrouded by the fronts.
Look at a trike and a quad at about a 15 degree offset from the front. I see more shadowing with the trike.