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30th Nov 2013, 08:18

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joebanana

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Isn't energy proportional to speed squared? 11.2 squared is 125.44 and 2.4 squared is 5.76 which is 1/21st of the energy required. I'm sure it's a lot more complex than this but you get the idea!