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Old 03-19-2013, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Shortsguy1 View Post
I am a bit short of time right now to really look into this, but at first glance, I would think this is reversed. Road load is the power required on a flat road at a given RPM. So wouldn't it go up (more power required) with a headwind?

Sorry if I am misunderstanding something here.
As the road load line goes down, the fuel used goes up.
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