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Old 06-15-2012, 05:08 PM   #203 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
I think it must be 20 square feet, and in another thread the experts seem to think it will be Cd of .40
Nah, that's just us pessimists. Estimates on the other end are in the sub-0.20 range, which is quite killer! I may be over-estimating the effects of the details of the design--and it sounds like you are already going to be improving some of those anyway.

With the narrow greenhouse, I wouldn't be surprised if the frontal area were close to 10 square feet. After all, the front of the car is not a 5-foot-wide rectangle.

I'm looking forward to hearing about when it runs!!

-soD
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