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06-18-2015, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Coefficient of Drag & Frontal Area
Anyone know what Cd and Frontal Area Square Feet of say a EZGO cart with windshield are?
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06-21-2015, 09:54 PM | #2 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Coefficient of Drag & Frontal Area
Honestly, no. I can tell you with the windshield up that it is fairly significant.
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06-23-2015, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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08-04-2015, 09:40 AM | #4 |
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Re: Coefficient of Drag & Frontal Area
After spending some time at the kitchen table this morning my ME son and I (ChE) came up with the approximate values of:
Cd: ~0.9 Area: ~16 ft2 (windshield - 9, rest of cart - 7) I have some questions about installing Lithium ion batteries in a 72 volt Bad Boy Buggy and was wondering if you could help in the setup. |
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