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Originally Posted by Ken Fry
.....There are many reasons sailplanes look the way they do. There are many reasons solar racers look they way they do. It is not coincidence that they look very "clean" at the front, as well as at the rear. It is no coincidence that solar racers have impossibly skinny tires......
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I agree.
It's interesting, but when you think about it, the tail of the vehicle does not matter one hoot without attached air at the front....
This is important, so I will say it again in a different way.
On a properly designed vehicle, the tail "will" give the greatest benefit aerodynamically, but not without a properly designed front.
Sounds simple and somewhat trite, but very true non-the-less.
So when it comes time to start aero improvements to a vehicle, the best place to start is at the front....
The tail will come, in it's own time!
Jim.