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Author Topic: Aero and Marginal Gains  (Read 3332 times)

emotofreak

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Re: Aero and Marginal Gains
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2013, 02:34:20 AM »

Which fairings from the airspeed website do you think would fit on a 2012 Zero S? 

Are there specific fittings or sizes I can look for?  Or can someone look at the fairings and list the ones that would fit on a Zero?  I'm legitimately interested in putting an aerodynamic fairing on my bike, but only if it will help my road trip efforts.

Lots of good ones in the "vintage bikes fairings" section on the aerotech website. You know, 'cause back in the day fairings actually had to be functional, not just for show. I love how we're seeing a renaissance to "old aero tech" with modern EV's. All those old swoopy cars and dustbin fairings weren't styled to be "retro", they were actually quite effective.

I picked the TR4 fairing because it's fairly flat sided and wide at the bottom. It fits any of the Zero's just fine. Though maybe you could request they don't cut out the big exhaust clearance hole in the bottom. Unfortunately I don't have any real power data with this fairing, yet, but I'd guess the reduction in power to maintain 70mph is in the 10-20% range. Maybe even better.
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rollandelliott

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Re: Aero and Marginal Gains
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2014, 05:16:13 AM »

http://www.velomobiel.nl/allert/Recumbent%20motorbike.htm

not sure if this has been posted before, but above link has step by step tutorial on how to make fairings.

by the way , where are photos of this Terry's bike?
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Burton

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Re: Aero and Marginal Gains
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2014, 05:19:51 AM »

Google "Terry Hershner Zero" and you will find tons.
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Re: Aero and Marginal Gains
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2014, 05:48:16 AM »

thanks :D
looks kind of funny but if it doubles range, I might try it.
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