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Old 04-06-2015, 09:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vekke View Post
The first post does not say a word about your company and at least I did get the impression that its totally Shell project.

The TITLE of this thread is: Shell AirFlow Truck Company StarShip
I don't know how anyone would be confused that it is not a collaboration between my company and Shell.


Still what comes to aerodynamics:
- why are all the trailer wheels still open to airflow?

I explained this previously with my answer to you in Post #10 of this thread.
"Obviously, you don't understand the picture. It is a concept truck breaking away from the conventional old-fashioned Class 8 truck." It's an artists rendering depicting a 21st century truck breaking-away from an old-fashion truck.

- Why are front wheel bolts are open in airflow?

It's an artists rendering.

- No boattaill?

There is a FULL boat-tail and one can clearly see the conspicuity tape and light pipe on it behind the rear of the old trailer.

- no sideskirts after rear wheels?

There are full skirts on the entire length of the vehicle. Again, it's an artists rendering depicting a 21st century truck breaking-away from an old-fashion truck.


Is the picture on purpose unclear so its difficult to see what is happening where as its so dark?

Yes, the rendering has been created to be somewhat ambiguous on purpose to confuse the bad guys, the big truck OEM's. I see a lot of features on the Freightliner Supertruck that we debuted to the world on the BulletTruck. The non-Willy's, bullet train type non-fenders, and the side skirt heat extractors are two big ones that come into mind. The AirFlow Truck Company BulletTruck was the first Class 8 truck in the world to have both of those features.
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