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Old 10-01-2020, 11:49 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
I agree it takes a specific amount of energy to accelerate a specific mass to a specific speed, but wouldn't doing it slowly be covering a greater distance using the same amount of energy? Also the longer you are at the higher speed the longer you have greater aero drag?
Sounds like a calculus problem, area under a curve; but that's above my pay grade IQ.

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