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January 12th 15, 04:56 AM
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What is the L/D penalty of outside mounted GoPros?
On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 8:48:15 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Andy, thanks for playing around with the farings idea. How much drag do you really think this would save? I think it would be a fun project. Bruno - B4 I you look up drag of different shapes, a flat plate (Go Pro) has a drag coefficient of 1 or more. A contoured airfoil-type shape has a drag coefficient of 0.1 to 0.2 so it would seem to make a fair amount of difference. My 3D printer is on the fritz, but once I get it working again I should be able to crank one of these out in a day or so. 
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January 12th 15, 07:31 PM
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What is the L/D penalty of outside mounted GoPros?
Bruno,
These camera's are already in that shape. http://store.driftinnovation.com/dri... HNxoCT2Hw_wcB But I agree, those fairings look cool, and it would be a fun project.
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