Inspiration from Tractor Trailer Side Skirts
Just say no to flat sided skirts? I'm going to add some angle to the front of Slambo's skirts …
Duraplate Aeroskirt Wabash Composites | Products | DuraPlate AeroSkirt® Ventix DRS Wabash Composites | Products | Ventix DRS |
I have seen 100s of tractor trailers with the front of the skirt curved inward, and the number is growing everyday. Seeing their skirts like that was a major reason why I took mine off till I can figure out how to tuck them inside towards the front tire.
|
Very interesting
|
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-fr...bonnevette.jpg
This may be my favorite picture from Bonneville, but I should have gottten one a little more from the rear to show that although the fence starts at the axle-line, the rear edges are flush with the outside of the tire. Do this front and back and then have the sideskirt longitudinal. Maybe shaped more like moldboard/plowshare of a plow. |
angle
I think you'll be shooting yourself in the foot if you do this.You don't have landing gear to deal with as on a semi,nor is your spare tire located there.
The flanks of a car should be flush with the wheels.Or enclose them altogether. |
Do you mind explaining why having our side skirts this way is equivalent of piercing our foots with bullets? :)
|
skirts this way
Quote:
*Allowing the air to flow as smoothly as possible there ensures the lowest drag. *If the pathway is interrupted with a void (behind the front tires) we lose the flow right there. *There will be reattachment downstream,but that pocket of turbulence has to be paid for with extra drag,continuously as we drive. *Truly low-drag forms will have flush sides,or better,fully-enclosed flush sides,apart from any Coke-bottling done for pressure control. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *On a semi,the landing gear handle is inset to the trailer frame,and also the spare tire /chain rack. *'Store-bought' trailer skirts are often 'wedged',as a courtesy to the OTR operator who's got to deal with dropping trailers and flat tires. *Aerodynamically,it's a compromise.No low-drag concept truck uses non-parallel skirts. |
Quote:
|
another reason for the pinch front . Snow. .. if the tires of the truck pack snow on the inside = bad
|
Aerohead, I appreciate what you've said, but it stirred a question in my mind. I couldn't help but notice that on the bottom of the McLaren mp4-12c has some very short "skirts" behind the front wheels. Is this at all related to the fact that the car doesn't have any side skirts hanging that low?
https://inthemetal.wordpress.com/201...p4-12cs-floor/ |
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:43 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com