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Old 07-07-2010, 02:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
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.
Hmm... What he said. I was talking about making the Dymaxion wider. Y'know, because a limmoh is wider but not longer than the Dymaxion.
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