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Originally Posted by aerohead
…people will load the racecar "backwards" into a teardrop trailer,which closes over the car after it is secured. …By "killing" the 70% of drag behind the trailer,the racer will make the meet with more money in his or her pocket,more fuel left at the gas station behind them,no super-tankers between the gas station and the Persian Gulf,and clearer air between the bleachers and finish-line.That would be the difference.
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I realize I'm dredging up an old post, but I only discovered this trailer today, and came straight here to perform a search.
As it pertains to the rounded tail, I wonder what it would take to make a tail section that lifts like the nose of a C5 Galaxy. Could a clever contraption of torsion springs and hydraulic dampers could do the heavy lifting? Perhaps the dead space inside the cone could be used to store Race Ramps or similar product to load vehicles/cargo. Maybe a cargo net, suspended from inside the cone, could be used to secure small items. I think a mildewed, old Airstream could make a likely prototype candidate.