Hi Grant,
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Originally Posted by Grant-53
Yes, a nose strake at an angle to the ground was used on road racers such as the Lola T-70.
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Oh, those! Everyone back then just called them spoilers. Calling them "strakes" would confuse any race car enthusiast. Whatever.
Eric Broadley's Lola T-70 was one of the most beautiful race cars of that era. It even featured (in a short scene) in George Lucas's first big movie, THX-1138. Broadley designed the Lola GT which was the starting point for the Ford GT40. Heady stuff back then.
Lola Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I understand there is a manufacturer still making authentic licensed copies.
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As to the cross section, an aircraft or glider fuselage may have circular or elliptical shaped bulkheads. I am working on egg shaped bulkheads with the smaller end toward the ground. The overall shape of the body is based on a glider design shorted to a 3:1 ratio. (The SZD-9 bis Bocian 1E, nose to bulkhead #6). The bicycle builders at Specialized have settled on a design for their aero frame tubing as a truncated 5:1 shape that is also low drag in 15 degree cross winds.
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Any references to the last statement? What does the truncated 5:1 shape look like?
-- Teri