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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems the trend these days are air scoops.
Before a scoop is effective, the area of the air exit must equal or exceed
that of the air intake thus allowing a positve air flow to occur. With all
the scoops people are putting on the nose of the aircraft, there must be a
pretty good sized hole somewhere for the air to escape. There are cheek
scoops, chin scoops and now with the concern of cooling the crank cases, there
are scoops above the engine compartment. I call them "nose scoops".
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone thought of making EXITS on the
top of the nose above the engine, and/or exits on the cheeks?
Basically put the scoops on backwards. The air flowing over the
backward facing scoop would actually create lower pressure inside the engine
compartment allowing a larger volume of air to enter the chin scoop.
The air entering the chin scoop can flow all around the engine as it makes way
to the exits of the engine compartment, and what's left can flow
down the pipe tunnel. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to hear what others have to say about
this idea. I'm thinking of trying it on my pattern plane.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,<BR>Adam Quennoz<BR>AMA 383866<BR>IMAC
2439<BR>NSRCA 3546<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>