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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Gary
Just to clarify
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 |
Hi Andrew,
I was aware of that - the "area" is typically closer to the orthographic projection of the object multiplied by a drag coefficient - but I thought
it simpler for these purposes to simply post "cross-sectional area".
