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03-23-15 | 10:13 AM

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wphamilton

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Originally Posted by wphamilton
My knee-jerk estimate is frontal area proportional to mass to 2/3 power. More or less.

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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

Yeah, just about.

So the air resistance would vary with (strike that, sorry)

Last edited by wphamilton; 03-23-15 at 01:24 PM. Reason: Duh

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