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Old 08-08-2013, 07:04 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
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Double sounds about right. What jumped out at me was the crosswind performance.
In 1987 the Arivett Brothers of Southern California tested a model of their Top-Fuel streamliner which had Cd 0.20 @ zero yaw and then Cd 0.18 @ around 12-degrees of yaw.
It's the only other report which specifically delved into crosswind Cd performance,which makes me kinda the FNG when it comes to this sort of thing.
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