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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Drag coefficient
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Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 01:09:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  9 01:09:36 1984
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A clean bike would go (marginally) faster if you were going at the
maximum speed allowed by engine power.  Light airplanes are flown this
way all the time - the power output is set to some specific target, and
then you see what airspeed you get.  And it is known that the usual
accumulation of bugs, dirt, and bird droppings on the plane's surface
will reduce its speed by several knots over that of a plane with a
clean, waxed skin.