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tasdrouille · 04-14-2009, 01:23 PM

I don't think this have much to do with the feathers themselves. By placing the feathers in the way they did, they effectively altered the shape of the cylinder, making it more like an oval, which obviously have a lower Cd.

04-14-2009, 01:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
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