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Old 05-12-2014, 02:09 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Burton View Post
make the curved section before the tail,
The round section is the nose of the bike. Regarding flat versus complex curves, "Don't make it more trouble than it is worth". A true airfoil can have half the drag of an ice cream cone but with all of the other trade offs to practicality such as the rider gap, the difference will be much less in the end. Choose what you can easily build or you will get hung up on perfection and never finish anything.
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