Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.101] (HELO ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 883008 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:38:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.101; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.10] (cpe-065-187-243-074.nc.res.rr.com [65.187.243.74]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j3J2bk0V029120 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <42646EF8.5080503@nc.rr.com> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:37:44 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.2 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake plenum HELP?? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine George Lendich wrote: >Randy, > >>From what I understand the ram air increases the pressure in the plenum - >the pressure is even in the plenum and therefore the directional change >isn't a big deal and the bellmouths would negate that anyway. >However I could be wrong! >George (down under) > > Back to my pickup. The Dodge engineers decided to pick up ram air from right in front of the right wheel well. As your driving along at 55mph ('cause I'm such a careful driver), the air coming in and around the headlights impact the wheel well and create a high pressure area ,ipso facto, more HP! -- This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."