Sentences with phrase «less drag»

This spreads stretch along the entire dryer for less drag on one area.

With less drag, less weight and more efficient engines and drive trains, we should soon see 60 + mpg mid-size cars?

You're looking at better cooling, less lift, and less drag as a consequence of all the changes.

But a thinner atmosphere means less drag on the aircraft, so the engines can hit high speeds with less fuel.

Its dramatic exterior design offers optimized aerodynamics and cooling, with 9 % less drag over the previous model.

The main trade off is, the 4 - ring piston will have less drag on the cylinder walls, but the 5 - ring piston will seal better.

If the murre's all - purpose wing became more like a penguin's stubby flipper, swimming would be easier, because a short wing creates less drag in the water.

Personal consumption expenditures were slightly weaker, investment was less negative based on less drag from the energy sector and equipment spending, government spending... Read More»

By combining a low drag coefficient with a small cross-sectional area, AeroVironment engineers hoped to give the Impact 80 percent less drag than a 1930s car and 50 percent less than one from the 1990s.

The suits are made of synthetic materials — the Adidas models are Teflon - coated — and purportedly have less drag in the water than even the most smoothly shaved human skin.

With BMS keeping the battery in a specific charge range, the alternator can run more often at a lower voltage, which generates less drag on the engine resulting in improved fuel efficiency.

To summarize, higher altitudes lead to a decrease in air pressure which causes less drag on the baseball.

The overall result is much more downforce but also much less drag than in the F12, says Ferrari.

Here the focus is on blended - wing - body craft, where the structure of a conventional airliner is stretched into a single flying wing, generating more lift and less drag while using less fuel.

The result also reflects gradually firming demand and somewhat less drag from competitive pressures, enabling firms to start restoring profit margins and passing increased costs through to their customers.

Less drag makes it faster on the straights, but slightly less downforce means slightly lower speeds in certain corners.

Even the brake architecture is enhanced to benefit fuel - efficiency: the faster response of the Electric Brake Booster allows more clearance between the brake pads and disc for less drag.

These kinds of fins perform better in the water because they have a little less drag and give you a smoother kick.

Both the Speedo and TYR versions had noticeably less drag, and hold the lower body in a more streamlined, horizontal position in the water.

But, as a prolate spheroid, a football experiences less drag as it cuts through the air, which explains why you can toss a football farther than a spherical ball such as a basketball or soccer ball that is roughly the same size and weight.

The car has five different drive modes (see more detail below) plus a computer controlled aerodynamic package that helps it develop less drag but more downforce than any rival, says Ford.

Someone once said to me that depressing the clutch rather than relying on neutral reduces the wear on the starter motor, as there is less drag due to the gearbox being disengaged completely.

As a result of the aero changes there is less downforce produced, but there's less drag too, with Touring Pack equipped GT3s quicker than a manual GT3 with the standard body.

The MC12 is slower in acceleration (0 — 100 km / h or 0 — 62 mph in 3.8 s), has a lower top speed of 330 km / h (205 mph) due to engine tuning and less drag coefficient (due to sharper nose and smoother curves) than the Enzo Ferrari.

Our test team was impressed with the smooth performance of the seven - speed dual - clutch transmission, which delivered crisp gear changes with significantly less drag than the Hyundai Tucson, the only other vehicle on test with a dual - clutch gearbox.

Along with producing less drag, aerodynamic upgrades and exterior refinements have led to a reduction in wind noise.

· Drafting: when a car sits behind another car which creates less drag and hence increases their speed · Slingshot passing: when you use drafting to gain momentum to overtake another car · Navigating around a pack: with so many cars on the track, players will need to learn the best time to pass, cut in front of, or draft their opponents to win

All told, the hybrid model creates about 10 percent less drag than a regular Jetta sedan.

Those bonnet intakes don't just help cool the front brakes, but smooth air under and over the car to allow it to produce the same — if not slightly more — downforce than its predecessor, all while generating less drag.

Economists expect growth will stay at an annual rate of around 2.5 per cent in the second half of the year, helped by steady job gains and less drag from federal spending cuts.

Drum brakes have springs that retract brake shoes, causing less drag and improving fuel economy.

The Hybrid's upper and lower grilles have also been reshaped to allow the sedan to slip through the air with less drag.

Experiments backed this up: Stable «spinners» had less drag on average than «floppers,» seeds that tumbled as they fell.

Once those machinations were done, there was less drag on the processor.

Coaches have said in the past that swimmers should lift their bodies out of the water because air has less drag.

By improving core strength, your athletes will be able to hold their bodies straighter throughout the position, creating less drag and ultimately increasing speed.

At some point, college and especially high school educators have to ask themselves why students should be required to sit in their courses when the same information (and course credit) is available elsewhere for less hassle, with more immediate or more personal feedback, and with less drag and interference from unmotivated peers.

Even with them switched on, their flushness with the car means they create less drag than conventional or active wings and spoilers as they also have no moving parts and no frontal area, the latter being aero efficiency's nemesis.

Incidentally the Touring's top speed of 196mph, 2mph slower than the manual GT3, is surprising as without the rear spoiler one might have thought the Touring would have less drag.

Ford says the new car is 6 percent more aerodynamic and generates 9 percent less drag than the previous Focus RS.

The new shell is said to create less drag and has better airflow management than the Tourer which predeced it.

Together with new underbody aero and a rear diffuser, the GT3 RS gains almost 8 per cent downforce, but with less drag.

With less drag, the car can fly down the racetrack.

Ford says that the new RS will also feature the most powerful braking system offered in this model yet, plus exterior design elements aimed at cooling and aerodynamics to produce 9 percent less drag than the outgoing model.

This maintains the same level of downforce but less drag.

The Nismo has a lower center of gravity, less drag, and more downforce than the other GT - R models.