03-20-2006, 05:30 AM
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Driving on E
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Re: Yes, rolling resistance
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Originally Posted by krousdb
Calculating the effect of a DIRECT headwind or tailwind would be easy, just add/subtract the windspeed to the aero part only. Calculating winds at other directions than 0 degrees and 180 degrees involves the side area of the vehicle and is much more complicated to do, if at all.
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ACtually this is very easy to do as well. All that we would be doing is solving for an unknown side of a triangle, which is pretty simple trigonometry.
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