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Re: High altitude, high speed, air density and its effect on drag
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Originally Posted by Joel
I'm curious to know what the correlation is with high altitude, lower density and decreased drag. Has anyone done a study and backed it up with figures.
Using myself as the engine, I did once cycle at ( not to! )the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Although I ran out of puff very easily ( I believe the altitude is about 8500feet) I did seem to be able to push the bike along with less effort required.
So although the engines power output suffers, is there a significant reduction in drag which offsets it ?
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Joel, I would just find a 4 mile stretch of straight highway and see how fast you can go. Then compare it to sea level top speed. That should be a pretty good real world test. |