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Coefficient of drag

To: morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: Coefficient of drag
From: st005663@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 17:21:15 +0000
A while back there was a query regarding the Cd of a Morgan.  Quoting 
John Tipler's book, Morgan, the Cars and the Factory, Crowood Press, 
1993, pp. 155-156:
"...it is not the shape of the front end so much as the flat 
windscreen which limits the Morgan's aerodynamics...an 
open car has a worse drag coefficient than a closed coupe.
Wind tunnel tests carried out at MIRA six years ago...pegged
the Cd of a closed Plus 8 at 0.42
...the car is stable in side winds..there is considerable downforce
above the wheels...the flat plywood floor is a contributor to its 
slippery shape....


Raymond E Siatkowski, DMD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics
University of Otago
P.O. Box 647
Dunedin, New Zealand

Tel: 64-3-479-7068
Fax: 64-3-479-0673

e-mail: RAY.SIAT@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ

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