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Rotating Vehicles Drag Factor

Art Borchers (wrecktech@megsinet.net)
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 11:20:15 -0500 (EST)

In working a recent crash, I had a car that travelled 208 feet after impact while spinning around about three times.

In trying to find information about what drag factor to use, I found suggestions for 50% to 80% of the standard road drag factor.

Does anyone have more concrete [pun intended] information on this subject?

Thanks,

Art Borchers
Art Borchers
wrecktech@megsinet.net

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