Frontal area, yes.  Profile, no.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Tan" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?]

> In a message dated 6/29/01 2:24:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> pancho@SPEAKEASY.ORG writes:
>
> << that only works in a vacuum... >>
>
> Even if my feather is 1 micron but weighs 5 billion tons and my cannonball
is
> only two ounces? What the heck? Is there really a true vacuum? I'll bet
> Karl's naturally contours played more of a role in determining is final
> velocity. I can only wish my Double Cab had his streamlined profile.
>
> BenT
>