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Originally Posted by bschloop
Full fairing with tail, I am going for 24" overall width, and 8' overall length. it will likely be somewhat boxy looking, as I am trying to go for as few compound curves as possible.
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Search for the thread on the streamlining template, and try to get close to that shape in plan and side view..
Compound curves do help though, but so do simple curves.
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i read somewhere (can't remember where) that even a brick with rounded edges has better aero than a motorcycle
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The aerodynamics of a mc + rider are awful, so it's fairly easy to improve upon them
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the biggest obstacle will probably be cooling the engine since it's an air cooled bike
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There's no way around cooling @ 70mph, so it's going to cost some of the potential aero improvements
With some careful ducting, you could use the principals of a steam- or waterjet vacuum pump to extract the heat out of the cowling.
If you can get rid of most of the heat from the header, that'll be a bonus.
In addition to wrapping it you could try to duct the header's heat away, separately from the engine cooling.