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Re: aero

To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Subject: Re: aero
From: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:02:28 -0500
granted, 7% IS a lot....I guess because the only cd numbers I can come up 
with are estimates, with quite a spread within that estimate, .025 does not 
seem like a lot with that .1 spread. (my estimate of the cd of the bike is 
between .45-.55 )


At 12:46 PM 10/23/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>That's what my text book says. Who knows for sure? Fundamentals of Vehicle
>Dynamics. And just for eference. YMMV. And why "only"? On a car with a Cd of
>0.35, subracting 0.025 gives you a 7% reduction in drag. .
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>mayf
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