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Thank you Aerohead & Freebeard & MetroMPG for your interest in this project...of mine.
Our last couple treks have been from Virginia City, NV(6000'ASL) via CarsonCity(5360'ASL) over the Sierra Nevada(7780'ASL) to near Yosemite(4000'ASL) to spend camping trip with Grandkids, and back. <5% @55MPH, 45MPH on the uphill grades = 7.9998 mpg. I've been hypermilling as much as is practical, but its a little scary "letting her go" downhill on a 2 lane highway.
I re-read the Aerodynamic Seminar(s) ...#5:
"It was Klemperer of the Zeppelin Werks who discovered the low drag 6 to 1 length to width ratio which gave the airships a drag coefficient of Cd0.04 in 1932."
.... with a 32 foot MH... 8 foot wide(...11' tall)... that means I could?have a potential 16' long boat-tail(48' overall). Yikes, I was thinking more 2-3 foot "fleetaero.com/rocketail/" .
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