X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-wy0-f180.google.com ([74.125.82.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2o) with ESMTPS id 4873957 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:09:11 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.82.180; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by wyb28 with SMTP id 28so3039919wyb.25 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:08:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=FpppkZ4DfeVstdXs55HrEfu87l6q3yoJuI9fyyHWSmw=; b=jsBEeKgUn9VvEaexdsaMSEyBEtGCRfpwsid43hajpWoH0tOKBAjVgbRDGYC8iCFB4o x3i8yPZfxkUhFYKBwQsYhovYQHRwVarjF9MgXLqzC2pO9+SH50MR6WYJO6oUv9HSWurD 15jOAGOCUOZToIVYlrXZKCn8kpFxIl46nQZm0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=xNwZqlBLw+gdoEoP6T0EHAy29R44+1qzFCoRHHxQMCSaD+fMQGAOwyhYePOiLmAHeZ 5VaavXkdrw7ihkHxSUWGbLdJ2fmzgEid724Mknf0Ot9FNEBPJqR+kYFknBpId3B/Mj8p SLo8sscCGgwCY71xjN+VvkF8k2leKr9VOJFt4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.18.194 with SMTP id l44mr747936wel.87.1297969715063; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:08:35 -0800 (PST) Sender: rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.59.65 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:08:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:08:34 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: B5Ui1LjH8_54ZCDU6TYL4TqFHmQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Pressure increase from ram air From: Tracy To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6434bd6cbabb1049c7f1f6e --0016e6434bd6cbabb1049c7f1f6e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yes, 2" of Hg, but that was at top speed when racing (224 mph), not cruise. My ram air inlet is about 1" behind the prop which may affect the amount. Tracy On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Ernest Christley wrote: > > Tracy, you've said before that you can estimate 2" of pressure increase > from ram air at cruise. Is that 2" of mercury? > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > --0016e6434bd6cbabb1049c7f1f6e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, 2" of Hg, but that was at top speed when racing (224 mph), not cr= uise.=A0 My ram air inlet is about 1" behind the prop which may affect= the amount.

Tracy

On Thu, Feb 17,= 2011 at 1:33 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:

Tracy, you've said before that you can estimate 2" of pressure inc= rease
from ram air at cruise. =A0Is that 2" of mercury?

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