Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #50741
From: <jrhopkins@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Tuned lengths
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 7:53:45 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Cc: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
somehow i think that a tuned intake is irrelevant.  when i look at the intakes all i see is turbulence with all the curves.  air is a liquid, just like water, and it wants to go straight.  is not turbulence going into the engine intake orfice a good thing for mixing the fuel spray?  it would seem that the only real help would be compressing the air, and that helps exhaust noise as well if you use a turbocharger.  also, why complicate things by using two or three air valves when one in the large intake will do.  is it hard on a rotary to have slightly different manifold pressures to 2 or more rotars?  devils advocate am i.  thanks

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