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Old 03-23-2009, 04:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Top angle is about 12 degrees bottom is about 10.5; so ya the angles are pretty close. But the Rear wheel fills in much of that space (perhaps more I may stretch the wheel faring farther forward) and the the shape is fully tear dropping in 3d, so air should be able to fill in on the sides.

Perhaps at higher speeds it might separate but I won't know until I do some CFD analysis.

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