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Old 03-09-2009, 07:38 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
You're right, that was a bad example.

...we need to be careful trying to comparing ordinary road vehicles to ... even speed record-setting land vehicles. The design rules change depending on the speed & size of the vehicle (in the same fluid), and between fluids of different densities.
How so? Land speed cars are designed specifically for minimum air resistance at subsonic speeds, which is exactly what we want here.

The only reason that every car couldn't be shaped like a land-speed racer is because parking and speed bumps would be hell.
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