Rob Riley - "but that negates much of comfort as we know it in having a cabin as it would be best to pay more attention to the suction side of the cabin. Suction is a higher force than penetrating air, which is why subsonic aircraft have finer afterparts where they leave the air than they do at the front"
Again, that is 100% correct and when I see aerodynamic shaped superstructures with basically an unfaired vertical wall aft (the corners) I just shake my head in trying to imagine what on earth was the NA thinking? (a wedge is just about the same as a flat plate).
The bigger HP's have exactly the same windage problem, he just rotated the superstructure 90 degrees, hint hint.
It is possible to have a livable superstructure though that is reasonably aerodynamic, the Airstream Trailer is a good example. Smooth, with no sharp corners anywhere. I know it would look odd, but it would beat the heck out of 90% of the boats out there.
Talador
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