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On 28 Aug 2005 at 22:21, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Well these numbers are close, but I was getting better than 17.6 coming back > from the 2004 Invasion. : ) But then the chart didn't go up high enough > either. :O I think we determined after the Invasion that the Square's I was running > with were getting better mileage, probably due to better areodynamics, rather > than speed. I did much better, too, but I figure that this was due to the fact that from the Rockys to the Missippi there was a general downhill trend AND we had a mild tailwind. A 20 mph tailwind doesn't seem like much, but it reduces your air speed from 80 mph to 60 mph, and this makes a huge difference in the drag. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~