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Old 02-02-2009, 10:18 PM   #24 (permalink)
grimm1
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How can you factor in the resistance produced as the drivetrain's speed increases. Similarly I'm wondering what is meant by drag coefficent? What is the unit for drag
coefficent. I do not believe calculating wind resistance is as
Simple as drag coefficent * surface area* velocity. As I stated earlier wind resistance is a
Fourth power function of velocity. It gets terribly complicated from there.
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