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Air cushion wave-making drag 95
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Fig. 3.12(b) Wave-making drag coefficient for yawed craft, F r = 1.0.
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Fig. 3.12(c) Wave-making drag coefficient of yawed craft, F r = 2.0.
several times greater than that on a straight course (if one takes the skirt drag due
to the scooping water of the craft in yaw into account, the added drag will increase
further).
