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Old 07-14-2022, 03:42 PM   #73 (permalink)
sregord
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a superlight truncated boat-tail

I like your "from the hip" thoughts. A single wheel "tail"(ala Burt Munro) definitely could add a dimension to the Moby theme. Your careful nature(scaredy-cat) offers me confidence in bouncing ideas off ALL this group.
Last thing I want is for anything to fall off Moby at 55mph.
I will control my view of the iRV2 Forum on aerodynamics. drafting semis? yikes.

A boat-tail: Would a streamlined/narrowing extended "kammback" along the top w/long triangular "gussets" to the bottom of each side, be the reasonable starting point...to provide hinge points for the boatail sides to fold under? or support a flexible gap filler for a trailer?

A trailer option: I know other MH owners tow another car or enclosed trailer behind them. Some are sooo long, I think they're just showing off. A not too heavy single axle "GolfCart" trailer (10-12') was what came to my mind, with a kind of clam shell hinged enclosure for the just right (Bezier curve) shape. The challenge is the gap between the trailer & Moby. correct?

Moby is 11' tall & 8+' wide, "use its width as your reference for the streamlining, rather than the roofline". So the truncated end would be short- vertically, wide- horizontally? or tall- vertically, narrow horizontally? or proportionally rectangular?...lower vertically than center.
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