Hey Bob... Dick got this one spot on.... our resident expert in
Aerodynamics is Mayf...
Welcome to the List.... by the way... Keith
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> From: RAWAWA@aol.com
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: aerodynamics
> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 3:03 PM
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> Hey list! I'm new at this LSR stuff so please bear with me.My question
(topic
> of the week?) is about how does one figure out a car's coefficient of
drag?
> Is it frontal area alone, or in combo with other surfaces? Is there a
formula
> that defines H.P. increase necessary to achieve a specific speed in
> conjunction with Cd? If anybody can simplify (real simple) this for me, i
> have more questions re:wings,vanes,canards, ducting,et.al.
> Thanks,anybody? Bob W. in New York.
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