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To: Aquila Vita

What is this tractor’s coefficient of drag?


3 posted on 12/15/2016 2:24:55 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

When driving in drag, truck stops are not co efficient...


4 posted on 12/15/2016 2:31:01 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Paladin2
"What is this tractor’s coefficient of drag?"

Probably about 0.3. It seems to be a fair copy of the old EMD F7:

14 posted on 12/15/2016 4:44:27 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: Paladin2

Given the mass and frontal area it’s been historically difficult to break below a Cd of .30 or so. Several have approached or matched that level, old streamlined locomotives, one factory semi tractor, the old GMC motorhome of the seventies, maybe a few others.


30 posted on 12/15/2016 1:34:32 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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