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Originally Posted by aerohead
Aerodynamically,your cowl/windshield is delicious,but potentially challenged optically.
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The lines coming to a point in the center are for finding the line over the top. Note how they run from the top corners of the windshield to the driprail at the B-pillar, and lift off the roof in the center close to that same point.
A more practical and buildable approach would follow Disk Dean's Shalako:
I used that in the VLV sketch:
I haven't measured the angle, but it's actually pretty steep.
spacemanspif -- exhaust gases are hot and corrosive. Given an adequate heat shield, I think they could be used for wake filling. Basically, a rocket nozzle that would slow down the exhaust to match the velocity of the air moving into the wake.
an alternative to an inflatable would be base plate[s]:
from
Base Pressure Recovery using Rear Cavity and Base Plates (not a direct link, the PDF is in there somewhere)