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The Toecutter · 08-18-2017, 07:04 PM

I've read those links before.

I'm in the process of modifying the drawing. From the side view, I plan to keep the ratio of Phil Knox's template that it has now, but for the top down view for both the body and the turtledeck, my tail will use the tail from the following airfoil:

EPPLER 863 STRUT AIRFOIL (e863-il)

I'm thinking that might be a good place to start for a first shape. Then when I tuft test it, I can figure out the problem areas.

I've read "The Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles" by Wolf Heinrich Hucho back in college, and know a few things, but without some way to simulate the shape or figure out what the air is doing around it, I really don't know what is going on with the air as it passes the shape, and won't know until I build something and test it. I don't want the first body shell to be a total waste of time though, as I want it to provide a noticable benefit over the naked trike.

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The Toecutter Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ghettoville, USA Posts: 251 Rebellion - '16 KMX Framekit Custom electric velomobile Thanks: 148 Thanked 184 Times in 112 Posts	I've read those links before. I'm in the process of modifying the drawing. From the side view, I plan to keep the ratio of Phil Knox's template that it has now, but for the top down view for both the body and the turtledeck, my tail will use the tail from the following airfoil: EPPLER 863 STRUT AIRFOIL (e863-il) I'm thinking that might be a good place to start for a first shape. Then when I tuft test it, I can figure out the problem areas. I've read "The Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles" by Wolf Heinrich Hucho back in college, and know a few things, but without some way to simulate the shape or figure out what the air is doing around it, I really don't know what is going on with the air as it passes the shape, and won't know until I build something and test it. I don't want the first body shell to be a total waste of time though, as I want it to provide a noticable benefit over the naked trike.