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ennored · 07-22-2014, 09:13 PM

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Comments from builder's brother:

"Full round front nose. Should weight 1200 empty"

"He built scale models and a 6 foot windtunnel to design the shape. He's pretty sure it'll help get as good or better mileage vs. The towing vehicle by itself."

"The drag coefficient with his full-to-a-point trailer design is so crazy low....its really more about how you put the air back together than how you take it apart. He saw Lower drag (in models) with trailer than without..... and he theorizes that it'll be quite a bit more dramatic at full scale, obviously."

07-22-2014, 09:13 PM	#34 (permalink)
ennored Master EcoModder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Motor City Posts: 272 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 131 Posts	Frame1 Frame2 Rear left Rear open Rear open 2 Comments from builder's brother: "Full round front nose. Should weight 1200 empty" "He built scale models and a 6 foot windtunnel to design the shape. He's pretty sure it'll help get as good or better mileage vs. The towing vehicle by itself." "The drag coefficient with his full-to-a-point trailer design is so crazy low....its really more about how you put the air back together than how you take it apart. He saw Lower drag (in models) with trailer than without..... and he theorizes that it'll be quite a bit more dramatic at full scale, obviously." Last edited by ennored; 07-23-2014 at 10:32 AM..