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Re: Mechanical Question about project Urgent!

Thanks a lot guys; this is really informative.

I understand your arguments, and I too believe that I will not recoup enough. But I think it is a useful experiment. At the ver yleast I can learn more on this subject.

So I just basically stacked the PAPST large CPU fans on the hood of the car, perpendicular to the ground. I have 3 of these large fans. They are wired in series and connected to a resistor. I will use hte multimeter to read voltages when driving hte car at a variety of speeds. After this I will calculate the power and then I can see how much I generate. Unfortuantely I will not be able to see the increase of my drag coefficient with this assembly.

Any thoughts?

Once again; I cant thank you guys enough for your input.