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Re: frontal area/drag coefficient

To: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Subject: Re: frontal area/drag coefficient
From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:28:34 -0500
I think i am going to build a virtual car.. CD is 5.0 but it doesn't matter as
the area is all in my mind so the drag will still be 0 as the area is zero
also.. weight what is the mass of a few neural connections, in my case not much
I am sure..
LOL
Dave

Joe Amo wrote:
> 
> The EZ-Hook two wheeled streamliner
> is   AERODYNAMICS
> FRONTAL AREA, 3.62 SQ. FT., DRAG COEFFICIENT .1007,
> so frontal area isnt everything, problem is we dont have wind
> tunnels to get the drag number down, this is half the frontal
> area of Goldenrod, and EZ hook was developed in
> the wind tunnel of Cal Tech!!
> Joe
> 
> landspeedracer wrote:
> 
> > Realisticaly .18 to.20. There are some better numbers out there, but without
> > a tunnel its pure guess work.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Glenn Ridlen" <gridlen@yahoo.com>
> > To: "land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:18 PM
> > Subject: frontal area/drag coefficient
> >
> > > Does anyone know what DC numbers might be reasonable to expect or should I
> > say attainable by an amatur builder without the aid of a wind tunnel for a
> > style similar to Jack"s Nebulas Theroem II or III.
> > > Find a job, post your resume on Yahoo! Careers.

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