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Aerodynamics acording to Myth Busters!



 
 
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Old July 27th 07, 04:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Peter Dohm
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Default Aerodynamics acording to Myth Busters!


"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
It's hard to measure small differences in fuel economy even when you are
running a vehicle over the same cycle on a chassis dyno with a million
dollars worth of analyzers- trust me on that one - I've looked at the
results of thousands of emission tests over the years.

Trying to see the difference on public roads in traffic? You might as well
throw some dice for anything less than 10 or 20 percent.

Doing coast-downs is a much better method - it gives a reasonably reliable
results for finding changes in aero drag.


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Geoff
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Exdellent point.

Peter


 




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