Thread: How much does a belly pan or front air dam decrease drag?
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Old 09-25-2017, 06:56 PM   #16 (permalink)
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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