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Old 01-12-2012, 11:02 AM   #27 (permalink)
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I do admit thinking they were a little odd looking back in the day. Now, thanks to Ecomodder, I understand what they were doing with that design.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.

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