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Old 03-12-2013, 08:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kardell View Post
Yes. Phil Knox has posted some of the results on here. But I'm not clear regarding the need for side "sails" to tie into the roof "wing". (I don't have a copy of the report)
Tech attached the wings to the cab.When Gilkison did the T-100,he was squeamish about drilling into the sheet metal,and ended up fabricating the 'wing' in conjunction with the tapered sail panels,which just slipped into the existing stake holes of the rails.The sails had plex windows to kill the blind spot created by the sails.
It was just a quick and dirty proof of concept.
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