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Grant-53 · 08-20-2017, 04:37 PM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/okpete...7651905111646/
This a popular design currently being used. See The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center
I use the cut and tuck method too. Start with cereal box cardboard 1/4 scale models. Sailplane designs are very similar. Air intake along the canopy cowl and exit behind the head. Cooling at the neck is very effective.

"Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed" by Joseph Katz is useful also.

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Grant-53 Master EcoModder Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Elmira, NY Posts: 1,782 Thanks: 319 Thanked 356 Times in 297 Posts	https://www.flickr.com/photos/okpete...7651905111646/ This a popular design currently being used. See The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center I use the cut and tuck method too. Start with cereal box cardboard 1/4 scale models. Sailplane designs are very similar. Air intake along the canopy cowl and exit behind the head. Cooling at the neck is very effective. "Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed" by Joseph Katz is useful also. Last edited by Grant-53; 08-20-2017 at 04:47 PM..