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Old 12-29-2020, 12:54 PM   #4 (permalink)
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three decimal places

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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar View Post
Interesting, but I wouldn't get too excited by Cd figures to three decimal places. A top aerodynamicist suggested to me that taking three decimal place Cd figures as gospel was basically a fool's errand. (As in, test in different wind tunnels and you'd likely get a larger variation than this.)
A very curious comment considering that wheel rotation drag, side mirrors, and cooling system phenomena occur within a three decimal place environment.
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