Travianer t1_ja6pfq0 wrote
Reply to comment by CollegeAnarchy in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong
The whole truck isn't moving through the medium of dirt though so it's apples to oranges in this case.
kyrsjo t1_ja6vq2w wrote
That doesn't really matter tough. The force would be the sum of two terms that both goes like v^2, the plow drag and the body air resistance drag. So the total drag force still goes like v^2, and the power (force x velocity) like v^3.
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