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Re: frontal area/drag coefficient

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>,
Subject: Re: frontal area/drag coefficient
From: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:48:43 -0800
KT
Me thinks you all have been in the virtual Luxembourg Liquor way to many
times. Could be that stuff has rotted Dalgrens mind and he is having strange
visions of getting from A to B.

Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>; "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Cc: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; "Glenn Ridlen"
<gridlen@yahoo.com>; "land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: frontal area/drag coefficient


> I'm thinking I already have the Virtual Red Hat.... K
>
> ----------
> > From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
> > To: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> > Cc: landspeedracer <landspeedracer@msn.com>; Glenn Ridlen
> <gridlen@yahoo.com>; land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: frontal area/drag coefficient
> > Date: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 1:28 PM
> >
> > 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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