Jerry Hey wrote:

 >Don't forget Jerry that NACA scoop/duct won't work well with an oil cooler.
 >You need a snorkel type scoop. A think streamlined cowls are a
bit over rated.
 >The ideal aerodynamic shape is a blimp. Well perhaps the prop works
 >slightly better but only slightly.

 If the blimp shape were really faster, I would still build the
 streamlined version.  I was looking at an F-4 Phantom a couple of
 days ago which also failed the blimp test.    --Jerry

You would be wrong :-) Who said anything about frontal area and
supersonic speeds?
For subsonic speeds the F-4 is all wrong. Why do you think the Questair
Venture is so fast? It looks like a miniature blimp :-)

Well, I am committed to the streamline shape.  May be like some to
the women I've dated. Look fast but they're not.   Jerry

Well that is just the point Jerry. Something that may look streamlined
to the layman's eye is not. Believe it or not the blimp is the most
streamlined shape you can have for subsonic speeds.

Paul Lamar
 
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