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Old 10-31-2011, 11:28 AM   #8 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard
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It has been a while, but I think that removing side mirrors and replacing them with the small airfoil stalks as I have reduces drag by 8-10% (both by reducing the frontal area and by lowering the Cd), and so the FE increased by about 2-3% -- I agree with skyking that this is a good guesstimate.
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