Image of the Week: Fountain Kilo Boat Strikes A Pose

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02-23-2018, 04:17 PM

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Hmmm interesting. Wont that make the tail end light?

I guess it would all depend on how level the boat is running. Or what would be really trick would be if its adjustable while running. I would have to believe someone did the math on the angle of the hatch with that much of a scoop at 200 MPH

02-23-2018, 04:25 PM

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Looks sweet, but why the small windows? I could imagine it is hard to see out of them.

02-23-2018, 04:45 PM

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Looks sweet, but why the small windows? I could imagine it is hard to see out of them.

Obviously for strength but damn, can't see much out of them I bet.

02-23-2018, 06:17 PM

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Not much need to see much else on a closed course. Just look forward and go. Be interesting to know if there was any wind tunnel testing of a model to help with the design. We have a wind tunnel at my job thats used for testing for anything and everthing. Used alot for body positions for the Salt Flats speed runs on motorcycles.

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