This last weekend I went to see the Guggenheim "The Art of the Motorcycle"
exhibit in Las Vegas (closed Sunday :-(). They had a BMW motorcycle
streamliner there from '37 (IIR) that had a long tapered body. One thing I
noticed was that the body flared back out at the trailing edge until it was
about 1/2 inch wide. Need to talk to our aero guy about that one ...
Dale C.
Subject: RE: Tear drop
Wes:
both these topics-- the effects of truncating the rear taper
("Kamm-back")
and scientific design and application of vortex generators--
are of much
interest to me, as well. I haven't been able to find any
very useful
published material, however. Please let us know if you come
up with
something.
Russ, #1226B
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