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Old 07-21-2015, 11:09 PM   #151 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
I think you are making way too much of the bulging shapes of the under belly to try to project that up into the entire streamline of a motorcycle fairing. The top of the airplane fuselage where the majority of the area is located doesn't look anything like that.
Of course it doesn't look anything like that, because it's just a tube. There's not much more aerodynamically speaking that can be done to lower drag on a tube.

But for a bike, with wheels sticking out, we have to take into account rerouting the air around the wheels. Taking a cue from the airline industry as to how they route air around the base of the wings isn't "making too much" of anything... go with what the experts know.

[EDIT]
Ooh, just had a thought... the wheels are the wings, for a bike. The 'belly fairing' shape should be around the wheels to smooth airflow there.


Last edited by Cycle; 07-21-2015 at 11:33 PM..
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