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Old 04-02-2014, 10:22 AM   #81 (permalink)
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The passing between the chassis and the well fairings gets compressed through the channel, and the 5 (or so) suspension elements are high drag shapes and there is intersection drag, too. The air is likely "popping" out after it emerges from next to the wheel fairing and it is already turbulent.

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