mpierce wrote:
Ever see a semi pulling a flatbed trailer, loaded with plastic pipe going down the road, where the pipe is up above the sleeper height?
If you notice, most of the time they will have the top of that tarped on the front, to keep the air from going into the open ends of the pipe.
That air, going down the pipes, create a greater drag, than tarping it, and preventing the air from entering. I cannot explain WHY, but it is true.
My guess would be because the outside of the pipe creates drag while driving. Allowing the air to go through the pipe would double the drag surface?