
Here you see the original drawing and the new bent panel flare of the WO. This worked for me, but if you are building anything other than the original WO you are very much on your own. Its new grounds and the results are only due to your own skill, understanding (of how it works) and luck.
I do however think that the curved panels works very good in a couple of different ways.
1, the are extremly stiff and resistent to resonanses and flexing.
2, they should make the "rubber mouth" effect work more effective and give a bit higher efficiency.
3, if you extend the mouth (almost) all the way out to the edges of the box, you should get even higher efficiency due to the larger radiating surface.