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Can 1 (Ryan)

FA = 0.15m^2

Initial/base draft (Ryan)

Cd = 0.0612

Fd = 1.098

Bullet v1 (Gavin)

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FA = 10.458 1458 m^2

Initial Bullet design

  • Bullet style does not perform as well as Teardrop

Cd = 0.0701

Fd = 1.222

Can 2 (Ryan)

FA = 0.147m^2

Shrank down front (this was a mistake don’t do that)

Shrank down tail on the side profile

Cd = 0.0706

Fd = 1.266

Teardrop v1

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FA = 10.365 1365 m^2

Base teardrop canopy

Cd = 0.0666

Fd = 1.088

Can Drop 3

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FA = 0.13 m^2

Shrink down tail side profile to reduce low pressure drag

Shrink frontal Area

Cd = 0.066

Fd = 1.036

Drop 4

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FA = 0.136 m^2

experiment with rounding out front side profile to give a more “airfoil”-y shape?

definitely worse

Cd = 0.072

Fd = 1.173

  • Consider Manufacturability

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