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Old September 9th, 2013, 04:39 PM   #180
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Originally Posted by greenaero View Post
..........I finally hit reserve today after more than 400 miles on this tankfill. I completed my errands and refueled: 437.3 miles/3.79 gal. of fuel for a result of 115mpg.


For cooling airplane engines, the outlet area is made 2 ~ 3 times bigger than the inlet and NACA scoops are used to generate more suction effect with minimum drag increase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACA_duct

http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/nacaduct/naca-duct.htm

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