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Old 08-06-2024, 01:11 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
That doesn't sound right. Power is energy per unit time, so if it's using 9x the power for a fixed period of time, it's using 9x the energy.
You are correct, I was misremembering.

Air drag increases as velocity squared, the power to overcome air drag increases as velocity cubed.

Thank you for catching my mistake.
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