Ed,
I shouldn't be critical, at least till I break the speed of sound, but
it was pretty obvious that with only 1/3 or 1/2 hp the frontal area
"might" be a concern.
God bless them all for trying.
David, its easier to turn a canoe than an aircraft carrier, in Durango
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Weldon [mailto:23.weldon@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:23 PM
To: Adin, David
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: JCB thoughts
David--
Maybe I shouldn't be saying this publicly; but as I look back at some of
these big money efforts-------they do tend to play somewhat fast and
loose
with frontal area. Seems like they get all excited over wind tunnel
tests,
streamlining tricks and engineering for minimum CD and place less
emphasis
on the fact that it's a coefficient that gets multiplied times frontal
area!
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adin, David" <DavidAdin@mercydurango.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: JCB thoughts
> The brit bike had almost twice the frontal area of the bike George
> [2]built (for under $1000 bucks out of junkyard [1] parts.) and most
saw
> this before initial runs.
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