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Old 01-17-2013, 07:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
If you'll do a Search EcoModder for the thread 'full-boat-tail trailer',go to page 25 of that thread,and down to permalink#248,the 12th and 15th image from the page top have pictorial drag tables for two different types of boat tails.
You can look at the lengths and compare drag coefficients.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post294074







(I find it interesting that the bus with the rounded end boat tail (0.263) has lower drag than one with edges (0.274), since we usually say edges are better on the rear end.)
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