Thread: Aerodynamics Seminar # 6 - by Phil Knox
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Old 03-10-2008, 11:09 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by boxchain View Post

I always thought it was v^2 not v^3, just from what I remember from my fluid mechanics class.
v^2 for force... Power is Force*Distance - which is where the extra v for v^3 comes from
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