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Originally Posted by ecomodded
The Yaw would effect the frontal area, a smaller frontal area is superior.
Both should be harmonious. If the Yaw was to be adjusted to achieve a smaller frontal area it would have a effect (by the smaller frontal area)
Thats my stab at your question
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See, I would think the same thing too, but a bike+rider presents more frontal area at higher yaw, yet achieves lower drag. I'm not sure
why this is. Maybe because the profile of the object has changed and air is moving across not the original arc form but a chord with a lower effective angle from horizontal?