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On a larger scale yes, but you're talking about the difference between 3 panels and 2 panels in a very small area. Any shade is likely to shade most of your array anyway. But, if your being tactical, you can have 3 sets of 2, each on their own MPPT so if the back of the truck catches shade at least the front is clear. Either way you're still losing some production. It'll be six/half dozen.Problem with series is shade, have lots of deciduous trees around here so if a single panel is shaded, it would kill half my output. (From my very limited research) I plan to look at some technical reports, forums seem to be ripe with opinions instead of facts from the RV community.
we plot shading on a "shading plan" which shows the arc that a tree (or object) makes over the roof array, then we move panels out of that path.
More or less Series panels doesn't really solve shading on a small array. Only getting out of the shade does that. You'll have a 'shaded' output, and a 'non-shaded' output that you'll have to manage around.