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Old 04-12-2011, 05:02 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
You didn't answer the question, and I suspect that other than on a case by case basis, you won't be able to, either.

In that article they said it reduced the CdA even though frontal area increased.

And why wouldn't it? Drag is a product of frontal area and Cd. If you increase frontal area by 2% and decrease Cd by 5%, drag goes down.

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