

| Subject: | Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs? |
| From: | John Bange |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:59:43 -0700 |
> so by that logic a 1 pound Tear dropped shaped object has the same wind > resistance as a 6 ton flat brick. No, by that logic a 1 pound tear-drop object has the same wind resistance as a 6 ton tear-drop object of the same size and shape. Now, getting that 6 tons up to 60mph will take a lot more energy, but KEEPING it at 60mph only has to overcome the same wind resistance the 1 pound one has to overcome. > note: our vans more closely resemble the brick :) A hollow brick has no more wind resistance than a solid brick of the same size and shape.
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