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Originally Posted by freebeard
I thought the more helpful part of the quote is the idea of using vortex traps. The only place I've seen them is in this graphic:
Lower right. On an Insight boat tail they would be lateral, in the notch for the taillight, clear and about 4x6". |
Hucho shows the drag reduction with a form of this technology.
In Funderburk's Masters Thesis references, he points out inflated gap-filler and inflated boat-tail returning the highest drag reduction since Fachsenfeld, pre-1939.
I don't have an explanation for never seeing the vortex capture device used in the industry.