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Old 04-05-2014, 08:45 PM   #35 (permalink)
PeterS
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Thus far Ironsides little Honda is looking the most practical. His cd is around .44 by his calculation and this without much work yet on the rear section and with open sides.

Frankly that's a very good result and yesterday I was mentally comparing it to Jacob's ultimate Velomobiel and thinking about the rear of Jacob's bodywork and wondering if it was too rounded. A heretical thought of course but as Ironside and Jacob are running superficially similar machines although the Velombiel had fuel injection and is fully enclosed while Ironside's is quite open .

The Vetter body above has a hard rear edge and from my reading this appears to be very important and possibly a fault with the Velomobiel ???

Any comment ?

Ironside . Do you have a finished rear fairing shape in mind ?
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