Other than educated guess work, is it possible to calculate a coeficient of
drag without a wind tunnel or a coast down test?
John B.
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From: RAWAWA@aol.com <RAWAWA@aol.com>
To: land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:30 PM
Subject: aerodynamics
>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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