Thanks for your comments.
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It has a chord-to-thickness ratio of about 3.9:1...
*Anything 'thinner' or more 'bluff' will have higher drag.It is the drag MINIMUM.
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I'm looking for something in the 'wake-filling/attached flow' range. But maybe more aft length would compensate, is some general way, for the less than optimum fore-body. A fineness ratio of 4 suggests ~160" of aft body without truncation.
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If you're going to do rear wheel skirts,then I recommend you leave their width alone,but add fairings in front of,and behind them to soften the pressure spike which they cause which will impact the boat tail.
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This is exactly where I'm headed; treating the windshield and back as one case, and the rear fenders and back as another. Maybe on the back side of the front fenders I have an opportunity to use Coanda nozzles.
I'm headed out right now to take another pass at the mock-up, and also my aerodynamic garage.