Re: [Paddlewise] formulas

From: John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:20:14 -0400
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Matt wrote;

> I read this somewhere and asked the author where the formula below came
> from.
>
> "Residual resistance (Rr) varies as the square of the Beam (B) and the
> first power of Length (L):   Rr = B^2L."
>
SNIP

Any idea of the context? Maybe it was just a rough idea of the relationship.

Cheers

John Winters
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