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Old 04-22-2015, 06:09 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Minimize the overhang in the front. The best self correcting behavior will be had when the center of side lift in cross winds is close to the center of the steering head. The same place you will probably end up needing cross vents. Right across the front of the radiator. It might take as much as 1 square foot of area to make it effective. The trick would be to design the vent shapes to be nearly invisible to the air when there is no pressure differential side to side, but flow with minimal resistance when there is a pressure differential.
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