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Old 06-02-2021, 11:32 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Getting good flow on the bottom of your boattail may be difficult in the real world. If you ever have to drive up or down a ramp the back end of the boattail can drag on the ground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_tail

These are sometimes used on semi truck (tractor-trailers) trailers here in the U.S. It is compromise toward utility over aerodynamic optimization.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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