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To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] NACA Scoops
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 7:14:18 -0400
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> 
> From: Perry Mick <pjmick@mail.viclink.com>
> Date: 2005/10/20 Thu AM 12:39:54 EDT
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] NACA Scoops
> 
>  >  A - Burt Rutan started out with a P-51 style scoop on the
>  >Vari-EZ. IIRC the early Long-EZs also had them. He later
>  >changed to the NACA scoop because it was more "efficient" in
>  >some combination of cooling efficiency vs. drag.
> 
> Burt Rutan never put a NACA scoop on the Long-EZ. You would have to
> go look at the old canard pushers to see who was the first to do
> it, I don't remember. But it was an "aftermarket" idea that was
> very widely copied. Whoever it was sold plans I think.  It became
> the norm and Puffer copied it on the Cozy IV.

Nat never copied anything. He is a designer.
Buly