AGM_AU wrote:Thanks for the replies all.
Steve – PMSL This thing, in whatever shape it ends up, will probably tow like a box-of-rocks as well….but at least it’ll be my box-of-rocks. Hmmm, maybe version two will be better when built (that’s of course if version 1 doesn’t lead me into the divorce courts first and leave me penniless).
Cheers.
angib wrote:There isn't an aerodynamic advantage to the steep rear slope of a teardrop - that's just 1930/40s 'aerodynamic' styling like a Chrysler Airflow. Once the airflow hits the typical hurricane hinge, it will detach so any steep slope after that is doing little good.
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If you want an actual aerodynamic back end on a teardrop, it would have no upstanding hurricane hinge and a very gentle slope, never getting more than 15 degrees from horizontal and then a completely flat Kamm tail that was maybe two or three feet high.
angib wrote:If you go for a flat vertical hatch, be sure to check where your head will make contact with anything when using the galley. You may want to take a bit of the roof into the hatch (to give an inverted L shape) to give head clearance - and it will also stop any structure from being directly above a stove.
working on it wrote:angib wrote:If you go for a flat vertical hatch, be sure to check where your head will make contact with anything when using the galley...
...If going with a vertical hatch, an assist may be necessary if your hatch is as heavy as mine is...
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