Boat tail project based on a single wheel trailer...

[BamZipPow]

I think with Dark Aero and upper gap cover attached to the truck, I will start taping the top of the base board sides to the top base board so the base board tops don't flare out.

[BamZipPow]

Mudflap from Coroplast...


I'm tempted to put 1WD lettering on the mudflap...

[BamZipPow]

The madness continues...muhahahahahahaha!

[BamZipPow]

A "normal" shot...

[BamZipPow]

Currently driving out West to Southern California. Best indicated mileage was about 36mpg fer about a 5 mile flat stretch of I-10 at about an altitude of 4400'. Drove from College Station to Austin to El Paso. A quick run up to Radium Springs and then to Deming. Refueled and headed to Sierra Vista. From Sierra Vista to Phoenix. Indicated mileage at 65mph from Sierra Vista to Phoenix was 33.2mpg. Indicated average from Deming to Phoenix was 30.3mpg. Current local driving has dropped the overall indicated mileage to just over 28mpg. I'll head out to California in the morning after I refuel. No issues with the trailer at all. Lots of curious folks out there!

It was good to meet up with Aerostealth and trade info.

[aerohead]

I ran some quick numbers using the 3-lower mpg values,which gave around 30.5 mpgs rough average.(I don't know what the distance weighting per tank was).
Even if we allow an air density advantage for your elevations,we might be saying 27.2 mpg at standard conditions.
Compared to a baseline of 19-mpg (naked),Dark Aero is still 'off the charts.'
And we have a weight penalty of about 800-pounds compared to the EPA test weight and the 5th wheel RR.
The raw numbers suggest that her drag is coming in below Cd 0.13,to explain the mpg (I'm allowing a 5.67% delta mpg/ 10% delta CdA,@ 65-mph).
After the 'roundtrip' numbers are in hand,we can get a better appraisal.
Even with the preliminary data,Dark Aero is in an exclusive club of one.I'm relatively certain that this has never happened before in the history of automobiles.
Great going!
You have a license to print money!

[MetroMPG]

BZP: someone spotted you in the wild. Posted on Reddit: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ows-31144.html

[BamZipPow]

Made it back home safe and sound. No issues with Dark Aero or the truck. Been thinking of naming the truck...WTT?! fer "What The Truck?!". What do you think of that?

Just crossing into New Mexico from Arizona at around the 3 mile marker to about the 14 mile marker, the elevation only changed 5' over the course of 11 miles, 4137' to 4142'. With the cruise control set to 65mph, the indicated mileage was just over 32mpg. No other traffic fer a good 7 uninterrupted miles and about 3 vehicles passed me before and after this stretch.

I did git my best ever tank with Dark Aero on I-10 from El Paso to Junction TX (even with 2 stops, a 3 hour rest stop in Van Horn in the early morning--engine coolant cooled down from 201 to 156 and a stop fer breakfast in Ft Stockton)...which was just over 31mpg!

[dirtydave]

Good job! Looks amazing! I would love to see a video of in action!

[ennored]

Originally Posted by aerohead

The raw numbers suggest that her drag is coming in below Cd 0.13,to explain the mpg (I'm allowing a 5.67% delta mpg/ 10% delta CdA,@ 65-mph).

Really? Even comparing to your trucks MPG and known drag coefficient? HALF the drag of your truck? I think we have our next wind tunnel victim!