BODY DRAG, FEATHER DRAG AND INTERFERENCE DRAG OF THE MOUNTING STRUT IN A PEREGRINE FALCON,FALCO PEREGRINUS

• Main Author: Tucker, VANCE A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 1990
• Subjects: Journal Articles; Heine; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/149/1/449

1. The mean, minimum drag coefficients ( C D,B ) of a frozen, wingless peregrine falcon body and a smooth-surfaced model of the body were 0.24 and 0.14, respectively, at air speeds between 10.0 and 14.5 ms-1. These values were measured with a drag balance in a wind tunnel, and use the maximum crosss...