Hi Ironside,
Theo and Allert re-sell the stall strips (storm strips) at their business. I believe some other Dutch velomobile enthusiast manufactures them.
Otto's suggestion for drywall corner protectors is what I would use here in the US. Home Depot and Lowes may not have outlets in England but I'd be surprised if the local "home improvement centers" in England didn't have the same thing. If they don't, a specialty supplier to companies that cater to that business would.
If your curves are of short radius, a heat gun would assist in the bend as the drywall corner protectors here are made of acrylic or styrene plastic and would only bend to a fairly gentle curve. Just don't overheat the plastic.
As Otto suggested, some double sided tape would make attachment easy or if you don't care about the looks (temporarily) just stick them on with a suitable strong single sided tape.
As I have suggested before, a simple vertical fence would be a degenerate form of a stall strip. A suitable flexible strip of plastic or wood taped down would serve for testing purposes. "V" notches , stegosaurus look?
would aid in forming a short radius curve. Again, for testing purposes, looks are irrelevant.
Otto's other suggestion to add yarn tufts would be of a lot of interest. Vetter has a very clever method of "mass producing" yarn tufts he details in one of his chapters on his "Last Vetter Fairing". Edit: I found it in chapter 25.
-- Teri
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Originally Posted by Ironside
I don't know the optimim size or location, so I thought I could experiment with a stick on plastic strip.
Does anyone know what Theo uses?
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Originally Posted by Otto
Try clear plastic L shaped corner piece used to protect corners of sheetrock walls in houses. Comes in 8' lengths, straight but somewhat flexible.
Very cheap at Home Depot or Lowes. Stick on with two-sided carpet tape or sticky foam tape. You could add yarn tufts, record the effects with GoPro camera.
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