Random Question on the... frontal area?

[Whatever2006]

Hi all,

I'm making this post on a question I need to ask in relation to Gerry's ORTS standard diesel engine physics, something to do with what "Frontal Area" means on the engine folder under the 'OpenRails' folder.

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This is something that's making me wonder while I'm mounting the standard ORTS physics stuff into the DRGW GP40-2s, along with other locomotives I will fitting in soon.

[derekmorton]

It's the area of the front of the engine, worked out by multiplying the height by the width of the engine.

[Whatever2006]

Ah, I see, thanks for the answer Derek.