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The 'aerodynamic' nose of the trailer could differ from the 'cargo area' nose,maintaining tongue length and tongue weight (as with the inflated trailer nose from England).
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04-15-2013, 11:06 PM
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The 'aerodynamic' nose of the trailer could differ from the 'cargo area' nose,maintaining tongue length and tongue weight (as with the inflated trailer nose from England).
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I must have missed it. There is a current aftermarket "inflated trailer nose" ( similar to the NOSECONE hard piece)?
I've seen other references to an older one (ca. 1982) bought up you, aerohead, but not any offerings of recent.
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04-20-2013, 01:28 PM
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I must have missed it. There is a current aftermarket "inflated trailer nose" ( similar to the NOSECONE hard piece)?
I've seen other references to an older one (ca. 1982) bought up you, aerohead, but not any offerings of recent.
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Nope,so far it only exists as an old half-tone photograph in a magazine.
An idea I tried to sell Gilkison on for his APEX RV trailer,was to get a local awning company to create a welded-aluminum space-frame which mimic'd Airstream's nose,and just skin it with the UV-resistant cotton duck,or whatever it is that they use for the outdoor awnings.
It wouldn't be as 'pretty' as a hard-shell nose,but the air would love it.It would weigh essentially nothing!
It could detach and be used for a nice sun shade as well.
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Yes, I have saved your reference. And searched it more, but without success. And thought about it for both FF and RR on my TT. Thanks for clarification.
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Yes, I have saved your reference.
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Anybody for re-upping it so I can see if it's something I missed?
Imagine this with the rear wheel and tailpipes replaced with a trailer tongue and hitch: 
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Something like this . . but in actuality an inflated fabric stretched over a framwork on the trailer frontal area, (not just a gravel protector as the lower panel). My thoughts were to do both. Nose-entry, and "belly pan" (versus nose-entry and big honkin' mudguards hanging from truck rear)
The reference was for an inflatable trailer nose, from England IIRC, ca. 1982 in Pop Sci mag. Naturally, I can't find my own link, but it is referenced in a thread on this site.
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