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Old 01-24-2008, 01:38 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by diesel_john View Post
I have been looking at airfoil shapes to put around a car size vehicle but wonder because these shapes have been designed for airplanes (high speed) Is yours as narrow as possible or derived from equations. It is hard for me to believe a shape good at 300mph would be good at 60mph.
Reynolds Number (Re) is what really matters. Although velocity is a component of Re, it's not the whole story.
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