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brianthemagical

posted on 4/5/10 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Ivan
I don't think aerodynamics will have much impact at normal cruising speed as the fronatal area of the 7 is most probably much smaller thana tin top although the coefficient of drag is maybe twice as bad so the one may cancel the other.


Cd and frontal area have the same factor on the drag, such that if you half one and double the other it'll make no change.
That said, does anyone know the Cd of a 7?

Easiest way to find which has the most drag is top speed for a given power.

[Edited on 4/5/10 by brianthemagical]

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Ivan

posted on 4/5/10 at 08:22 PM Reply With Quote
The Cd of a 7 is between .7 and .75
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