Vanity: Need to Calculate Drag on Sq Plate in 6 mph current

Email | 05-04-2006 | R J Cook

[Robert A Cook PE]

e may be on to something expontial.

[Revelation 911]

I know you need 6lb drag setting to bring in a 7lb rainbow.

....and my finale'

What did you get when you reeled in the 7 lb rainbow ?

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.....a 120# homosexual

Try the veal - and enjoy your stay in the Catskills

[NicknamedBob]

I agree with RAY's answer.

I used the simple expedient of imagining a square plate or board being pushed by hand at a walking pace through water.

I figured about 75 pounds for a one foot square object, so 174 pounds of force for the size described sounds intuitively correct.