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Old 03-17-2021, 09:05 PM   #22 (permalink)
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On a car, the surface area is approximately 10-X projected frontal area, making a frontal area-based friction drag coefficient = 10 X 0.003 = Cdf 0.03. Total drag, minus 0.03 = approx. pressure drag.
So that textured aluminum sheet I'm hoarding is right out? Friday is soon enough, I've got other targets for my attention at the moment.
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