Re: RAM or COWL ?

From: Nicholas McKinney (nickmckinn@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Mar 17 1998 - 02:04:23 EST


At 11:31 PM 3/12/98 -0500, you wrote:

> Surely someone somewhere must have done a study of cowl vs. ram
>at some point? Anyone have any facts?
>

I think that ram air loses due to the eddy currents near the surface.
Basically there is not that much high pressure near the hood surface. It
is the same principle why golf balls fly farther with dimples instead of a
smooth surface.



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