Thanks for asking and welcome to Ecomodder.
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I'm looking for feedback on my aerodynamic tail design that I am mocking up. I gathered up several aluminum truck caps to use as a shell and material.
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...and yet what I'm seeing is angle stock and sheeting. Is this:
- a mockup template
- the final product
I'm hoping the former. Can we see the 'several aluminum truck caps'?
I'm hoping the turbo helps because the mocked-up boat tail is more of a wake filler. Let's look at a proven design:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/roof-spoiler-pick-up-truck-cab-phase-1-a-19525-10.html#post523592
- The sides and top are curved not flat.
- The sides are flush.
- The rear opening is [oval/squircular], not square.
This is not a boat tail, it is a boxed cavity.
What it shares with yours is the bottom is unfinished. Here is a car with a difusser to wrangle the underbody air flow. It is a divergent cavity with fences.
Side skirts aren't necessary, spats behind the front wheel and ahead of the rear wheel
ala Morelli:
Are you planing a single piece that hangs on the hinges for easy removal, or split and hung on the doors? Two pieces might be easier to handle.
There exists on this site pictures of an aluminum box trailer with a split-gate full boat tail. Maybe someone knows where.