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Old 05-30-2013, 05:18 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
He concludes that water moving at 0.1m/s is equivalent to air moving at 2m/s.
Yeah, I think I understand; instead of trying to get insight from the skin of a shark, Or maybe the shape of a fast bird, etc, how much more effective to use the "aerodynamics" of a super-high speed creature like a lobster.


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