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Old 12-27-2007, 03:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by Krieg View Post

What would the modifications I'm considering get you? Under 0.2? There are probably diminishing returns to aeromods at some point.
Fundamentally - there's no diminishing returns for cD - it's actually the opposite .1cD versus .2 cD halves for the force... .2 vs. .3 is a third

But, the mechanics half has to be able to keep up. Less force to overcome isn't any good if you're power plant is too big to begin with.

It's just exponentially more difficult to lower cD the further down you go. Not diminishing returns - just exponential investment
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