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Old 07-07-2010, 01:58 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lunarhighway View Post
this makes me wonder however...if you'd saw a Dymaxion in half and add a center section, limmo style, what would happen to the Cd?
If you cut it at the maximum cross-sectional area, the Cd would rise a little due to inceased wetted area. You would, in effect, have made an aircraft fuselage. The frontal area would remain the same.
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