If I wanted to draft behind a vehicle for maximum MPG gains under controlled conditions what would be the ideal shape of the object in front of my vehicle so I can draft it at a safe distance?
I hope the question is not to confusing ...
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If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???
Some show (might've been mythbusters) built an extension on the back of a trailer that stuck out and and empty, then they pulled a honda insight up in the back inside of the little box. I figure that's pretty good.
Yeah, if you can fit somewhere that won't interfere w/the wake of the vehicle in front of you, you're essentially in a vacuum.... most efficient place to operate would be in a vacuum where the engine could still get as much air as it needs without sac'ing VE.
So the questions begs, would it be considered cheating to attempt and beat that mpg record by using a pace car similar to the one bicyclists use? You technically are not modifying the car attempting the record, just giving it the best shot.
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Thx NoCO2; "The biggest FE mod you can make is to adjust the nut behind the wheel"
I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics
If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???
So the questions begs, would it be considered cheating to attempt and beat that mpg record by using a pace car similar to the one bicyclists use? You technically are not modifying the car attempting the record, just giving it the best shot.
Is it cheating using steroids? I mean, everybody supposedly uses them and they are natural?!
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