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Getting 45 MPG at 207 MPH .... can you pulse and glide an airplane?
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Mustang Dave
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so, if doubling your speed takes 4 times the power, roughly speaking,...
Doubling the speed takes 8 times the power. Power is proportional to the
cube
of the speed, not the square.
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