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Originally posted by gl1674
Can't agree with you mate,
The drag coefficient is total drag divided by the area of the vehicle, air density and some degree of velocity.
The total drag is an experimentally measured value and it does depend on the vehicle shape, amount of turbulence caused etc etc.
Just  for "drag coefficient", the very first link that comes has the formula:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/dragco.html
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Shizzz, can't argue with that, it does combine the two. I stand corrected and apologise to all. My understanding was not that full.
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