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Originally Posted by Phase
Uh I’m just asking if the foam wedges would be decent and if anyone knows of any studies or tests that show a reduction in drag with the boat tailing behind wheels versus examples of cars using them
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Sighard Hoerner's, 1951, 'Aerodynamic Drag' has hundreds of solutions with 'boat-tailing'.
So does Wunibald Kamm's/ Koenig-Fachsenfeld's research from early 1930,s FKFS, to around the time of Pearl Harbor, ending 'streamline cars.'
'The Leading Edge', by Goro Tamai.
Ignore the fact that it's a 'tire-wheel' that you're streamlining.
The 'width' of the system determines all other dimensions.
And the 'system' needs to 'enclose' the excrescence. This defines the 'width.'
The 1993 HONDA Dream solar racer is an example of an ideal wheel fairing package.