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ksa8907 · 04-21-2021, 09:00 PM

First thing that comes to mind is a flag. How much drag is created by those ripples in a flag. Maybe not apples to apples, but it seems a flag being towed by a car at 30mph is similar to a weak body panel at 300mph, no?

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