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Old 05-22-2013, 05:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
RedDevil
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Mental note to self: Wing-shape that antenna stalk
So I just did!

Cut a sheet from some hard plastic bagel box and glued the opposing edges together, nudging the fold into a rounded edge for that more or less wing shape.
Might do something more permanent later.

Too early for A-B-A testing results yet
Honestly, if it would reduce the drag by 1N at highway speeds that would be great, but I'd have to drive for thousands of miles to save just 1 liter of fuel by that. But even at a drop at a time any improvement still is, well, an improvement ...
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