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Old 03-22-2016, 07:17 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
I am always thinking about these aero shapes as would be applied to the top view of a motorcycle streamliner. The J form looks to be much better than a Kamm for a reasonable length.
Definitely! The Kamm chop costs us in quite a drag penalty.
The closer you can get it to the ideal,4:1 aspect ratio the better,dragwise



If there were stability issues,you might have to compromise on drag,if it couldn't be sorted out with other parameters
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