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Old 05-31-2010, 11:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
I think you'd have to input the whole shape, not just two views. Car builders have million-dollar software packages, and million-dollar wind tunnels to refine the FEA estimates.

So far, I've been trying to learn CAD off and on for 20 years.
Thanks and Hi.

I mentioned that I saw a post by an RAV4 owner .. which I'm sorry I
can't find again now. He had inputted only, I believe, the frontal
area, and a side view (I think) and he got a value for CD of about ( I think)
0.39 which was nearly identical to the published spec. That's when I
got excited that he could get good data from little input.

Anyway if I find the link, or if you happen to know it, it will be posted here.

Thanks and enjoy the fun
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