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Old 03-23-2008, 10:36 PM   #30 (permalink)
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What is the projected .Cd for the design in FlowWorks ?
FloWorks says .09

FLUENT (we've since meshed a model for FLUENT) says .086

Both at 30mph (or maybe it was 20 - I'll have to double check).

It sounds freaking low, but - max Reynolds number = 184. Not 184 thousand, just 184. We'll get scale wind tunnel testing soon
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