A vertical stabilizing fin on a land-speed-record car is L=1.65 m long and H=0.785 m tall. The vehicle is to be driven at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah where the elevation is 1340 m and the summer temperature reaches 50 degrees C. The car's speed is 560 km/hr (155.56 m/s).
(a) Evaluate the length Reynold's Number of the fin.
(b) Estimate the location of transition from laminar to turbulent flow in the boundary layer.
(c) Calculate the power required to overcome skin friction drag on the fin.