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Old 12-04-2012, 12:15 PM   #29 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard
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Here's a rough SketchUp model of an "ideal" streamline shape from Hucho:



It is three extrusions (plan, side and front profiles) that are subtracted from each other. I moved the front wheels back and widened the track, and moved the back wheels farther back and narrowed the track.
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