<VV> Explanation of Drag Co efficientss/ splintered (humor?)

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Hey Nikel, Soooooooo is Greenbrier a code word for a "PlyWoodie"???? <GGG>

da Chuckster
Chuck Armer
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At 10:32 AM 12/22/04 -0500, you wrote:
>OK...  Here's my shot at an explanation:
>If you look at the frontal area of a car (think sillouette - roof top to
>bottom of tires), that image has a specific area, say 25 square feet.  If 
>that
>area were a piece of flat plywood flying down the road, the drag coefficient
>would be 1.0, any improvement over that is a smaller number, so if the 
>improved
>shape has half the drag, the Cd (Coefficient of drag) is 0.5.
>AFIK, Corvairs are around 0.41-0.43.  Modern cars are around 0.3, give or
>take.
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