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Aerodynamic drag is the resistance of a vehicle body to motion through the air. A smooth surface has less drag than a rough one. It may be broken down into three main components: skin friction: this is drag due to the surface texture and area. profile drag: this is drag from the three-dimensional shape of … Read more
When designing the V-Twin solenoid I thought I should try and improve the solenoid. One area of particular concern was that for this one I used small permanent magnets in the armature, useful as it means I can make the engine double acting, but the downside is that it only acts over half the stroke … Read more