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Drag & Terminal Velocity API

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Aerodynamic drag and terminal-velocity maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The drag endpoint computes the drag force on a body moving through a fluid, F_d = ½·ρ·Cd·A·v² — half the fluid density times the drag coefficient, the reference area and the velocity squared — together with the dynamic pressure ½·ρ·v², from a fluid (air, water, seawater, oil and more, or a custom density), a drag coefficient (given directly or from a built-in shape table) the area and the speed. The terminal endpoint computes the terminal velocity of a falling object, v_t = √(2·m·g/(ρ·Cd·A)) — the steady speed at which drag balances gravity — from the mass and area, or for a sphere from its diameter and material density, in metres per second, km/h and mph (a belly-down skydiver reaches about 55 m/s, 200 km/h). The shapes endpoint lists typical drag coefficients for spheres, cubes, cylinders, flat plates, streamlined bodies, skydivers, cars, parachutes and more. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for aerodynamics and ballistics tools, skydiving, model-rocketry and motorsport apps, sphere-settling and sedimentation calculators, and physics education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is drag and terminal velocity; for vacuum projectile and SUVAT kinematics use a physics API and for pipe friction pressure drop use a Darcy-Weisbach API.

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Free

Free

  • 3,000 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • Drag force from ½ρv²C_dA
  • Terminal velocity for a falling body
  • Deterministic, instant results
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Starter

€5.00 /month

  • 40,000 calls / month
  • 5 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • Sphere/sky-diver drag presets
  • Custom drag coefficient & frontal area
  • SI + imperial units
  • Up to 40k calls/month
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Pro

€15.00 /month

  • 300,000 calls / month
  • 15 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • Altitude-adjusted air density
  • Reynolds-number aware C_d hints
  • Batch body evaluations
  • 300k calls/month
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Mega

€49.00 /month

  • 2,000,000 calls / month
  • 40 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • High-throughput simulation workloads
  • Full parameter sweeps (velocity/density)
  • Priority compute lane
  • 2M calls/month
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How do I get an API key for Drag & Terminal Velocity API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Drag & Terminal Velocity API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Drag & Terminal Velocity API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Drag & Terminal Velocity API cost?
Drag & Terminal Velocity API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €5.00 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Drag & Terminal Velocity API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Drag & Terminal Velocity API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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});
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r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/drag-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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