"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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The aerodynamic shaped cowling means little in a Cessna. You have that
prop
that is still spinning and creating as much drag as disk that size.


Not if the engine is gone too.


No, but it remains an open question: which has more drag: an empty firewall
with no engine or prop, or a 'streamlined' cowling with an unpowered
spinning prop in front of it?