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Old 12-04-2014, 03:21 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Any idea what Cw is? All I see is increased frontal area and interference drag.

Gerrop OTOH looks like Coanda nozzles. That could work.
Unsure about Cw, but they do indeed seem to be Coanda nozzles. See: Patent DE3837729A1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum reduzieren des stroemungswiderstandes im ... - Google Patents
Patent DE3837729C2 - Google Patents

Google image search for DE3837729A1 and DE3837729C2 should yield some figures...
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