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Old 24-10-2015, 02:37 PM
AndrewJ
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Gday Gary

Just to clarify
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When you consider that drag is also proportional to the cross-sectional area of an object,
Not quite true, as the drag coefficient of the object has to be taken into account. Its more related to the "affected surface area" than cross sectional area.
( Part of one of my final year projects involved measuring airflow through radiators :-( )

That said, a house going down the straight alongside an F1 car at 300kph, would probably generate a tad more drag :-)
Probably more exciting to watch the house

Andrew
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