Subject	To clarify...
Posted by	Tredmil on May 15, 2003 at 1:10 AM
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In Reply To	Don't forget that CoD not the final measure of a car's drag. posted by Marshall on May 14, 2003 at 10:57 PM
Message	That's a unit-corrected formula. The theoretical formula is Drag = 1/2 * (Cd) * (Velocity^2) * (Frontal Area) * (density of air) Not flaming, just keeping our metric-inclined colleagues in mind :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Let's make like a baby and Head Out" - Jimmy "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut" - Albert Einstein "Funk you very much" - George Clinton
Follow Ups	question relating to that wind tunnel ?.. - JuicycJ4 21:27:08 05/14/03 i think it's .32 - socos 21:30:51 05/14/03 isn't it 0.3 for an NA cause it doesn't have the spoiler? (n/m) - Neo Corleone 22:15:27 05/14/03 NA coeff of drag is .31, TT is .30 because of the spoiler (n/m) - Kez43 01:06:40 05/15/03 NSX = .23 Low CD is not always a good thing. At high Speed - MugenRacer 22:10:49 05/14/03 Like this: - MugenRacer 22:17:15 05/14/03 That had absolutely nothing to do with coefficient of drag. - Marshall 22:30:22 05/14/03 omg that is like the 3rd different car to do that! (n/m) - Neo Corleone 22:30:25 05/14/03 Isn't there another set.... - ImTheDevil 22:34:39 05/14/03 Yes, I believe they had 2-3 cars flip in the exact same spot - Funky (NWZ) 22:58:37 05/14/03 Well, one of them flipped in practice before the race - KILLR300ZX 23:05:09 05/14/03 These are pics of the practice crash. (n/m) - MugenRacer 23:12:22 05/14/03 That's the one I remember (n/m) - ImTheDevil 23:13:34 05/14/03 videos of one of the benzes and a porsche doing the same>> - KILLR300ZX 23:23:34 05/14/03 The one that landed in the woods... - Tredmil 01:06:49 05/15/03 pwned (n/m) - Red ZX (SoCal) 22:49:17 05/14/03 dude, that car came over a crest and got air UNDER it. - Spee 23:00:28 05/14/03 This PIC could be a great Mobil 1 PIC. - ChazZ 05:57:31 05/15/03 huh? - Marshall 22:47:04 05/14/03 Don't forget that CoD not the final measure of a car's drag. - Marshall 22:57:01 05/14/03 To clarify... - Tredmil 01:10:31 05/15/03
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