Skip, List:
I think we should have a rule that the driver must adjust it manually-- although
he could have a speedometer to give him the appropriate data.
Russ
Skip Higginbotham wrote:
> Yep! Something just like that! Could even do it using impact air pressure
> to mechanically change it.....no electronics tho!
> Skip
>
> At 08:26 AM 1/26/02 -0800, W S Potter wrote:
> >Skip,
> >
> >So you are talking about using the same technology that raises an airfoil on
> >the rear of a car as it accelerates to close openings to the plenum as speed
> >increases and air flow changes? Like the throttle slide plate we used on
> >the fuel injectors on a Jaguar engine? Just tie it to airspeed.
> >
> >Wes
> >
> >on 1/26/02 7:09 AM, Higginbotham Land Speed Racing at saltrat@pro-blend.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Neil,
> >> As usual you have hit the nail squarely on the head. Now......how to vary
> >> the inlet size AND the size of the diffuser. (Air Box as Joe has
> >> suggested). If all that can be done in direct relationship to the speed of
> >> the car/air density, then we have the perfect inlet!!! AND the best ram
> >> recovery.
> >> Skip
> >>
> >>
> >> At 11:16 AM 1/25/02 -0600, Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> >>> Maybe a variable- area inlet is what is needed. ...works on an SR-71; that
> >>> goes pretty fast.
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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