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Old 12-24-2011, 12:45 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
60 inches wide front fenders, 2 feet tall.

cockpit is 42 inches tall by 35 inches wide.

The windshield is behind the fenders. Does that mean my frontal area is 10 square feet, or 10 plus 5?
Depends on how much overlap there is.

If you took a picture from the front, and colored in everything that was the car (fenders, cabin, wheels, tires, etc) the total of the 2-D colored area would be the frontal area.

-soD
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