Just drill holes in the boat, let air through. Easy fix.
that's some fucking aerodynamics bro
Submitted 2 months ago by Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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marighost@piefed.social 2 months ago
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Funnily enough, that would probably make the aerodynamics worse for the same reason round parachutes have a hole in the top. Without a hole, the air has nowhere to go, so it just fills the cavity with stagnant air and the drag is roughly equivalent to just a flat shape. With a hole in the bottom, now the air has an escape route to take, but it takes a lot of effort to push that much air through the smaller hole, meaning the drag is incresed significantly
This is the only issue with drilling holes in the boat
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
A roll of Flex Tape® would fit in there, you could then tape the holes up to improve aerodynamics!
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Make sure to get the life preservers too, so they don’t clog the holes.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fun fact: this also makes the boat move through the water faster.
Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 months ago
The whole thing is a brick wall… don’t think the boat is making matters much worse.
Jalopy is fun.
bright@piefed.social 2 months ago
It’s even possible that the boat adds basically no additional drag, and it’s even remotely possible that it decreases drag. Mythbusters proved that a flatbed pickup truck actually gets worse mileage when driving with the rear door down instead of up, even though it seems like driving with it up would create a big wall that would constantly smash into the air.
Aerodynamics isn’t nearly as intuitive as people assume.
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Okay but there’s no way the flow separates from that roof enough to clear the boat
1984@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I loved Mythbusters. It was a much happier time.
Floodedwomb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I watched that episode and they didn’t prove shit. Those tests were terrible. That shit was about as scientific as The Big Bang Theory.
mech@feddit.org 2 months ago
That thing doesn’t go fast enough for that to matter.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
If that thing is going fast enough to mater there are other problems to worry about.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For a camper that probably already gets like five meters to the sippy cup? It matters. The exposed area is probably like 1/5 the size of the front of the vehicle, and most of the driving you’re doing with one of those is highway.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Ever tried to hold a boat vertical at 50 km/hr? Good luck with that.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It can’t go 50kph?
Asafum@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Wanna see my camper pull a wheelie?”
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
That ladder isn’t rated for that kind of load.
Astronut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
You gotta warrant?
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 months ago
No, but your mom is.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Yours too but nine months later yours makes a joke.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
I can’t understand why my gas mileage is so bad!
Headofthebored@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ford 460 don’t care. It gets the same mileage whether it’s in that thing, a dump truck, or a Lincoln.
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
50 yards to the gallon! Lol
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
6 rods to the hogshead and that’s hows I like it.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It’s just a giant cinder block rolling down the highway with ZERO aerodynamics anyway. What’s the difference at this point?
I would have strapped it to the top, point forward, but I wouldn’t be kidding myself that it would help.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 months ago
They might not have been able to do that because of the aircon vent on top, or potentially if they’re concerned about height restrictions
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or, they aren’t physically able to get up on the roof. Not everyone is a monkey.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
RVs also have shockingly little weight capacity on the roofs. The walls are super thin, mostly foam, and there’s no structural support in the middle because that’s where the people go.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
height restrictions
I don’t think that’s going to help…
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What a drag.
modus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You are all getting it wrong. That boat is obscuring the rear window. The driver has a creative air scoop for airing out the stench of the rotting hooker carcass in the back. Ingenious, if you ask me.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That’s where the vampire sleeps vertically
The mother in law 🥁🥁
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The bathroom window is behind the boat, they’re just making sure the crapper is well ventilated.
knacht1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dries floor of the boat out.
This is a special kind of weird.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fishing trip sucked, no fish, lost the outboard to the lake, it rained.
Fuck it, I ain’t climbing up on the damn roof.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Spoiler makes it go faster!
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Depending on the wind, it’s way faster in reverse.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I like how that pic is taken right in front of a gas station.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s as far away from a gas station it can get before it has to turn anround and go back to fill up again
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
joke’s on you, the air that boat collects goes straight to his air intake. pushing 50PSI in that puppy
ashenone@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
BOOST
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
he’s got a supercharger so big the boat acts as a vacuum, pulling the van even faster!
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It’s like I’m watching a MuYe beamNG video!