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Old 08-15-2012, 07:29 PM   #8 (permalink)
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numbers update

After 1,571 miles,Gilkison got home.
He averaged 13.08 mpg,up from around 12.5 mpg.
The new 'high' tank is 14.587 mpg,up from 13.7 without the foiler.
So about a 4.6% mpg increase on this trip.
Which is in the neighborhood of a 9% drag reduction (wind averaged).
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