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Originally Posted by stiletto2
I wonder then... Has anybody figured a way to "fool" the air to make it behave as if the body was full length? Kind of like how airplanes have "winglets" that make the air behave as if the wings were longer than they really were?
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That's pretty much what the Kamm, or truncated tail, is doing. It's establishing proper flow but not continuing it completely. Once the flow pattern is established it will continue in it's same pattern for the most part.
Look at the MotoCzysz electric cycle, and it's unusual aerodynamics -
http://motoczysz.com/news/article/is...otorcycle_ever
Motorcycle Aerodynamics | Aero By Numbers | Drawing The Line
They are using wings and fins to do what you are talking about.
Jay