Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Aerodynamic Drag

Here's an interesting video from a lecture given in the 50's by an MIT professor about aerodynamic drag and why it's important to have an airfoil shape when you're going fast. The RV series of aircraft are about 50 knots faster than the equivalent production aircraft with approximately the same size motor and weight due to careful drag reduction. Don't you just love youtube?

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