Originally Posted by
Looigi
Right. Force needed to over come drag goes as the square of road speed. So, power needed to overcome drag goes as the cube of road speed.
Not quite, Drag is proportional to the square of
wind speed not ground speed.
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Last edited by FBinNY; 06-24-13 at 05:43 AM.