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Old 04-12-2011, 05:19 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by winkosmosis View Post
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.
Yeah, unless 2% A is greater than 5%Cd... But I digress; didn't have time to read the article: I'm at work, and I was pre-tripping my van when I replied.
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