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testing aero. of a caravan
Ran across these on You-Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=karGqjCZOV8 |
Thats a very dirty wake. Must be room for huge improvement
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Would a kammback help if boat tail is too long
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What about that "part 2" video with the topper? Is that better or worse?
https://youtu.be/sweZltfD-no |
I'd go with different. They missed a bet not putting the two videos one above the other and matched in speed.
It's interesting to watch the lines approach from the left. There's some initial noise that damps down to straight lines, but they aren't erased so it obscures the initial approach. There appears to be turbulence building up ahead of the rooftop container, it might be caused by the airgap between the topper and roof. The topper seems to create a locked in rolling vortex ahead of the trailer, similar to a half-tonneau cover on a pickup. What do you think about the area above and behind the trailer? With the container the disturbed air rises higher, even out of the rendered flow lines, but it looked somehow more orderly to me. |
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Here you can see how Koenig-Kamm experimented with different lengths of this K-form at the FKFS,next door to Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart. http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...titled5_17.jpg |
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I don't think the streamline filaments would behave the way they're depicted. |
above and behind
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Here are some comparison images http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...titled10_9.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...ntitled8_9.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...head2/2239.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...head2/2234.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...head2/2226.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...ohead2/227.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...d2/06-2835.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...Untitled-5.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...titled8_10.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...itled10_10.jpg |
After watching it, YouTube offered up this gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0577mRifVfI Improved aero over most trailers, but the really interesting thing is the hydraulic lowering by rotating the entire suspension assembly. |
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