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Old 06-20-2015, 04:42 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Here is a drag table from Hucho's book showing the effectiveness of the roof-mounted air deflector

Here you can see the actual flow being influenced by the deflector

This image I found online this morning,showing a pickup with deflector

Here's a tow vehicle under crosswind conditions

Here's box truck under crosswind conditions.Notice the leeward jet blasting out from the gap.This can be 16% or so of the drag on a rig.

Here's Hucho showing us the enormous fuel-robbing wake

Like a parachute added to an otherwise 'clean' form
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