Here are two pictures of a very fast Tailwind built by Red
Hamilton
that I have taken from the Tailwind list. I am sure they don't
mind.
The first photo shows an angled intake which did not work
because it
was in the boundary layer. There was NO increase in MP. The
second
photo shows the improved intake which produced .4"Hg more MP.
In the
second example, the prop clears the intake by only 1/2 inch.
I was surprised that the boundary layer formed so fast in the
buffeting
air coming off of the prop. It is something we need to keep
in mind
when building the belly inlet for our rads and oil coolers.
Jerry
No pictures here..
Matt-
The photos are reversed in order. Number one has become number
two. Jerry
I reversed them.
I don't know what you did the first time. What program
did you use to send them? They did not comes as attachments
so they did not get forwarded the first go around. I had
to save them and then reattach them.
The Mac does some strange things sometimes.
--
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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