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Old 03-16-2009, 07:12 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by skyl4rk View Post
Is that the SAE standard method?

I have been using a stopwatch and a digital voice recorder with no assistant. It seems to be easier to mark the time at a certain mph (for example, 60, 50, 40, 30 mph) and hit the stopwatch lap button, speak out the time, then hit the lap button again to prepare for the next reading.

Maybe the 10 second method will work too. The curve should be the same either way, but the 10 second method will get more data points.
When I did 'em,I used an low-tech cassette-recorder,yelling the velocity points as I coasted.I did all the runs,then reduced the data at home using the stopwatch there.Sure makes a windtunnel look attractive!
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