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Old 11-20-2019, 12:24 PM   #9 (permalink)
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down the trailer sides

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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
Why can't a semi use a simple gap filler that goes a bit down the side of the trailer and be spring loaded so it flexes out in a turn and returns to center. You might have to also tie both sides together so the outside fairing also pulls away in a turn so it doesn't bind as the trailer comes into place. Basically like gills of a fish.
NASA did just this back in the 1980s.Pictures are online.'Project Shoebox',at Edwards AFB,California.
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