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Oct 22, 2025 | 06:55 PM

#21

Nilak

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Originally Posted by Desert Rider

Total drag is the sum of parasitic drag (a function of Cd and frontal area) and induced drag (incurred when producing lift). CD is only part of the story.

ok,
but that applies to planes for which you can measure the Cd I guess at a zero lift configuration then the induced drag after changing the angle of attack but for cars they put it in the wind tunnel as it is, measure the force and compute the Cd from frontal area. But for this car the induced drag should be negligible.

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