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Old 09-16-2010, 10:28 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The Edison2 VLC 4 seat car has a frontal area of 1.7082 square meters. The "old" method Cd is 0.145, and the new SAE method Cd is 0.161.
...what's the +11% difference between 'old' and 'new' SAE methods...different 'corner' coefficients, ground-effect, or what?
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