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Old 02-08-2010, 11:03 PM   #21 (permalink)
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All right I was saving this for later but this is one rig I want to model for grins.


Tents were the good ole days. This is my A rig for a nomadic lifestyle.

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Old 02-09-2010, 12:00 AM   #22 (permalink)
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All right I was saving this for later but this is one rig I want to model for grins.


Tents were the good ole days. This is my A rig for a nomadic lifestyle.

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Not sure if you guys have seen this before, but it is a good read.

Velocity Field Measurements in a Pickup Truck Model

Any reason you couldn't use the lowered tailgate to be the bottom part of a small boattail/cap?
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:07 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Velocity Field Measurements in a Pickup Truck Model

Any reason you couldn't use the lowered tailgate to be the bottom part of a small boattail/cap?
No, if you could get the proper angle with a lowered tailgate. You'd have buick/cadillac fins, though.
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Any reason you couldn't use the lowered tailgate to be the bottom part of a small boattail/cap?
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Sorry to dig a zombie up from the grave... anyone have a copy of that KFUPM paper? The link is dead.
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Another posted elsewhere in the forum.

http://www.wseas.us/e-library/confer.../FMA/FMA17.pdf

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