Bob,
Some years back I believe one of the America's Cup sailboats used a
proprietary tape made by 3M Corp on the hull of their boat to reduce drag.
I inquired about this tape to 3M and was told it existed but was proprietary
and was not available.
Howard Nafzger
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From: <RAWAWA@aol.com>
To: <tschoen@fuse.net>; <David.Parks@lfr.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: collector extensions
> The mentioning of Warren Johnson by Tim Shoeny reminded me of a comment
> made by a fellow LSRian a few months ago re;aerodynamics.Supposedly,The
> Professor ,mssr Johnson wrote an article in maybe Nat Dragster or the like
> re;"fish-scale surfacing" for improving laminar air flow on high speed
> vehicles. Did anybody see this? If so where? Anyone else care to comment
or
> pun fishy? Bob Wanner ,still in NY,but
we
> still got our health,right dirty dougy?
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