Your "method" is pretty much the same as the one suggested to me by "Flowbench";
he suggested scaling the car on graph paper. and as you mention, count the
squares.
Ed
DrMayf wrote:
> I still have to have some secrets, don't I? Actually, can't be derived by
> me, gotta measure it or find a good number. The Cd tables in the web site
> have an awful lot of them. SOme are bound to be close. When I get ready to
> do mine, I will find the lowest, widest, tallest points on the car and use a
> fixed stanchion to measure from. This will make a composit outline of the
> car, psuedo cross section, if you will. I'll scale that down and count the
> little squares inside the outline. Probably a lot harder to do than saying
> it. Now, I've been know to hang around Keith's trailer, so are you
> implying something or another here? And Dave is the one who watches the
> cooler...
>
> and yes Virginia, I doknow what slugs are....
>
> mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat
>
> Subject: Re: That Pesky Cd is back again...
>
> > Mayf, you never cease to amaze me.............:-) I know we beat this
> up on
> > the list a long time ago, but how do YOU derive Frontal Area for your
> formula (or
> > is it still in the theoretical stage?) >snip< (yipes, what are slugs?)
> > Answer: Creatures usually found hanging around Keith's trailer during
> SpeedWeek
> > or WOS (Don't forget to watch that cooler, the sun's moving)
> > Ed
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