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Originally Posted by Xist
Why do the corners flare out?
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The sides were polyethylene , which came rolled-up, and it had a tendency to curl. You can see in the earlier photo , (second photo from top). that it was worse, and that I trimmed the edges down a little.
If it was an actual IHPVA 200 meter time trial, we would need to have crew tape those flaps down, and have the tail box (fairing) on.
The major portion of the fairing was Kevlar™.