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Old 01-09-2016, 01:20 PM   #232 (permalink)
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What edges are you referring?
The blue and green edges are easily dealt with by adding a block styrofoam bumper and rounding it appropriately.

The red edges are the ones I referred to. Since the top face has a incline for the oncoming air, vortices will shed down and outward, especially in cross winds.


http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/canard-bluff-bodied-box-33231-2.html#post502508

Here's a fix for truck vans that aerohead posted in another thread. Since the nose slopes the red edges could receive a treatment where the radius is flush with the top face and overhangs the suspension bits. It could die into the outward curve behind the wheel. Essentially, the van side becomes you nose top and the van nose becomes your side, with the styrofoam block widened as necessary. The A-arms are [always] an aerodynamic mess anyway, shrouding them couldn't hurt.
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