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Al Gietzen wrote:
Hard to imagine where I could run into such a density of bugs; however, if I have a theory that they would not get in the intake. The scoop is located behind the maximum diameter of the fuselage. The bugs (that didn’t get smashed) would be accelerated outward away from the fuselage as the plane passed by, and because of their greater momentum (than the air), would not come back toward the surface sufficiently to enter the scoop as the fuselage converges.
OK; at least that’s the theory. I can only find out by putting the plane in a wind tunnel and releasing a swarm of bees J.
Oh; BTW Jerry, the air here in coastal CA where the prevailing breeze is off the ocean has very little dust. And the Velocity will never (I hope) take off from a dirt strip.
Al
Al, I've got a buddy with a Quickie that uses that theory for an "air cleaner". The air comes in and is pushed around and radius with the intake on the inside. Heavy stuff get thrown toward the outside that through a slot. The engine sucks on the clean inside air.
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