View Single Post
Old 04-11-2012, 10:53 PM   #297 (permalink)
drmiller100
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Boise Idaho
Posts: 842
Thanks: 39
Thanked 89 Times in 69 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
If you build the car longer your pressure drag isn't any lower and the increased wetted area causes higher overall drag due to the increased friction.
Real world is sometimes different then wind tunnels.

Real world says too short is pretty bad.

Too long is almost exactly the same as "perfect."

Form drag is orders of magnitude worse then skin drag.
  Reply With Quote