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Old 12-07-2020, 05:02 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar View Post
If the Camarao could achieve that Cd in any proper, full-size wind tunnel, I'll eat my hat. If it sounds too good to be true, it's because it is.

And in the Drag Queens article, note how they do not ever identify the wind tunnel - funny that. When I included that material in my book, I'd no idea the data was collected in a 'toy' wind tunnel.
Julian, I don't understand.
If "toy" wind tunnels give bad readings, then why were the results of the Drag Queens article either spot on, or even higher than the factory quoted cD ?
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