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Re: meredith effect paper

To: ddahlgren@snet.net
Subject: Re: meredith effect paper
From: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:56:33 -0600
I'm looking at the aero dynamics of it, as I believe the aero is the 
important part of this thread...and from a motorcyclist view also, as our 
bikes are "dirty" and need all the aero help they can get, so moving air in 
this manner is important....

At 06:15 AM 10/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I read this article and fail to understand why anyone would bother to go down
>this road for cooling. With a tank and radiator setup with no ducting the aero
>loss for cooling is 0. With the system described in the paper it is 3% at best
>and if not done right it is more. Plus it is only effective at very high 
>speeds
>but never gets to a zero loss or a plus where it adds more thrust that it 
>losses
>in drag.. I sure wish everyone that thinks this is a good idea would send 
>me 3%
>of their paycheck every week so i don't have to work anymore.. LOL.. For 
>anyone
>interested I will be glad to forward bank info so it can just be direct
>deposited..
>Dave
>
>gary baker wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/jj99/Mustang.html
> > >
> > >meredith effect paper
> >
> > Hi John  yes this is an abridged version  Im still looking for the 
> origional
> > declassified documents which contained much more data and information
> > Gary

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