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Old 07-25-2012, 02:49 PM   #450 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
As long as we are going for the ideal, there should be strakes behind the rear wheels. What is the advantage of the pointy nose, anyway? And yes, the underside angle on the boattail is probably a bit too steep.

Can the scale of the plan view be reduced so that it is the same as the other three views?
Yes Neil, I thought there would strakes on the tail this year, but not so far.

The underside ideal is indeed closer to 4 deg., but I increased the angle for clearance on the common driveway apron. No sense ripping off the tail on a steep entrance!

Jim.
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