X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2391698 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:01:40 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.120; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 ([24.74.103.61]) by cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com with SMTP id <20071017150101.EBVJ6760.cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com@edward2> for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:01:01 +0000 Message-ID: <001501c810ce$a16ad660$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: BellMouth Article Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:01:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Yes, I thought it provided some good information that I had not seen anyplace else about bell mouths - didn't realize there was so much to them. But, I guess on the racing side 1.5HP can make that 1/1000 of a second difference in winning. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:01 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: BellMouth Article > Ed Anderson wrote: >> I know some of you have intake designs that involve bellmouths. I >> happened to run across his article on bellmouths from a racing car >> perspective. Makes some interesting reading - about the relative >> differences between different shapes. >> >> http://www.profblairandassociates.com/pdfs/RET_Bellmouth_Sept.pdf >> > Ed, it has taken me a few days to get through this 4-page article, but it > was worth it. Very informative, and it's nice to occasionally read well > written prose that expects more than a 6th grade reading level. > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html >