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Old 07-02-2012, 05:58 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
It's about time someone did a 90% boat tail pickup!

Get those corners straightened out and you'll be in business- I think there are a few pockets of detached flow slowing you down- literally! Maybe make some transverse curves over the edges to get a smooth surface. Tuft that, refine, then 'glass it!

You're getting pretty close to this little number:

Aero-Dynamic by jeff868_2000, on Flickr
I'm going to do 100% at Bonneville 'n see what that's like.No trailer,just a boat tail.I'm guaranteed only 4-runs total so I won't get to 'experiment' too much.
At 100% I can simulate an inflatable tail as depicted in Hucho's book,from FKFS R&D.It was either Fachsenfeld's or Kamm's patent drawings.Don't know for shore.(I'm a 'Valley Boy' so I get to say 'for shore.')
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