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Old 06-05-2011, 03:09 PM   #17 (permalink)
khafra
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
khafra,you're correct about the Reynolds number.Kinematic viscosity is the operative parameter on that one.I do have an SAE paper on underwater tow-testing of 1:24-scale Formula-1 models and they're size was not an issue.Which is great as far as model making goes.
I think I'm missing something--if you want to see how a F1 car behaves at 130mph in air, you could put a 1:1 model in 10mph water; but a 1:24 would need 220-something mph water, right? I must be scaling one of these dimensions incorrectly.
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