John;
I like #2 too. As long as you have an unavoidable high pressure area you
might as well take advantage of it. Using that area as an inlet also
relieves some of that high pressure. Don't let the pressure loss in
long, convoluted ducting eat up the gain.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Burk
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:22 PM
To: land-speed
Subject: Engine Air Inlets
A couple of new thoughts that ocured to me on this topic . There are
two
ways to get ram air pressure for the engine .
(1) Create pressure with the scoop . You need to size the inlet
for
high gear but that hurts the lower gears .
(2) Go after the existing air pressure just in front of the nose
of the
body . Because the inlet isn't creating the pressure the same size inlet
is
right for all gears .
I like (2) . Does anybody else ?
John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
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