New invention could benefit RVers.
A Highland Park Illinois teenager has invented a device which can increase our fuel economy by 10% to 20%. Read the Scientific American article here.
Forum Discussion
Might work if your RV is a schoolie, recent enough for the shield to fit.
Any other RV, you would be starting over figuring out the aerodynamics, because a piece to improve the shape of one particular vehicle will not necessarily fit, or be effective on, a different vehicle.
Like the school bus manufacturers, RV manufacturers need to go back to the drawing board, assuming customers will buy whatever an aerodynamic RV looks like. R-Vision, Winnebago, Newmar have all tried to sell us shapes with 10% (or better) reduction in drag, but so far we haven't been buying.
The B+ is another start, just a small step, but a step. Within a couple years we might see a European-style "profile."
Any other RV, you would be starting over figuring out the aerodynamics, because a piece to improve the shape of one particular vehicle will not necessarily fit, or be effective on, a different vehicle.
Like the school bus manufacturers, RV manufacturers need to go back to the drawing board, assuming customers will buy whatever an aerodynamic RV looks like. R-Vision, Winnebago, Newmar have all tried to sell us shapes with 10% (or better) reduction in drag, but so far we haven't been buying.
The B+ is another start, just a small step, but a step. Within a couple years we might see a European-style "profile."
