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Old 01-14-2014, 07:20 PM   #11 (permalink)
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boat-tailed trailer?

If you could pull a custom,lightweight,flatbed trailer,with an inflatable boat- tailed body,the drag reduction might compensate for the additional weight,leading to an overall mpg increase.
An automotive 12-VDC ventilation blower fan would be enough to inflate the envelope,and you could tailor the envelope with a semi-closed gap,only for highway use.
It would be something like this:

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