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Old 02-25-2012, 05:53 PM   #40 (permalink)
Ed-in-Maine
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aerohead- Yes the model Sven7 made is beautiful, needs to be a little farther forward in the trailer I think in order to get the departure angle high enough for our driveway. My problem is my skill set and tools are limited to plywood and lumber and basic shapes. I'm having a devil of a time trying to fit that form in to tortured plywood. WHILE being frugal, i.e. using dimensional lumber without a lot of waste. That's kind of the beauty of the original TearDrop design, 3 pieces of 1/2" 4'x8' for floor and walls.

But I'm still trying to come up with a build design that I can actually build

skyking- thanks, looking into those material.

THANKS EVERYONE No matter what I build it will be better because of this forum.
Ed


{edit} By pulling out the sides to enclose the wheels and give the slick aero plan shape and lowering cd, would the increase of an estimated 8sqft of frontal area of the trailer and the needed mirror extensions on the car offset any decrease in cd?

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