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form drag
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form drag [′fȯrm ‚drag]
(fluid mechanics)
The drag from all causes resulting from the particular shape of a body relative to its direction of motion, as of fuselage, wing, or nacelle.
At supersonic speed, the drag caused by losses due to shock waves, exclusive of losses due to skin friction.


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The vehicle is lifted by the buoyancy of the lifting gas and all the engines must do is overcome parasitic drag to move the vehicle through the air.
At 50 knots, airspeed dissipated due to increased nose attitude, decreased power and increased parasitic drag caused by stabilator programming to the near-full-down position.
The ideal line-of-sight, direct-fire kinetic energy round might discard its motor after fuel burn out to eliminate parasitic drag on the penetrator.
 
 
 
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