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If you were to discard the rim bed part and bond the U onto a lightweight aluminium rim, there's a few stumbling blocks.
~40mm in, your spokes will have a large stagger, compared to the original nipple holes.
Are you going to use inverted nipples so you can true the wheel once it's faired.
Sometimes genius and madness are easily confused.
user69121-
~40mm in, your spokes will have a large stagger, compared to the original nipple holes.
Aye, but since it's not a structural part you can drill holes wherever you like :) admittedly getting these in the right place could be difficult
Are you going to use inverted nipples so you can true the wheel once it's faired.
Yeah, I suppose you would have to. Or these with a socket wrench. You could use whatever (aluminium) rim you like though to make it as convenient as possible to true it. Single wall would be easiest and a bit of a weight saving. I guess you would need to match the rim outer width too between the two
You would have to remove the tyre to true the wheel, but for its intended purpose that's not really a big deal I would say. If you have to get off to true your wheel in a TT/race-type situation your race is screwed anyway.
frankenbike
That's because only a certified genius like me would think of using it with a fixed hub (sarcasm if it wasn't obvious enough)
I do think an aero fairing could work though. Cut the brake track away, slice it in half and fix it onto the rim either side of the spokes. Or glue it onto an aluminium rim and rebuild it. For fast flat stuff like a TT where weight isn't a concern and you don't need it to be structural.