Went outside and checked...it stays put until you give it power.
At 05:25 PM 07/14/1999 -0400, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Joseph DaVolio wrote:
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>> I would ASSume that when the eRam is off, and you are driving, the blades
>of the fan are still turning. The "rush" of air thru the tube would cause
>the fan to turn. Just think of a window fan when the wind blows, the fan
>blades turn. Therefore, the eRam is moving and wearing out. If you attach
>a variable resitor type switch to the throtle cable, you would have variable
>flow. Just a thought... Of course I am not a mechanical engineer and I am
>speaking out of my first part of ASSume.
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> That sounds about right to me. Others have posted and said the drag
>isn't a problem, but one thing I thought I'd mention is that a windmilling
>fan will create more drag than one that is stationary. (That's the way
>it works with aircraft props, anyway.) I guess it depends on the motor
>they used, but if it actually is stationary (unaffected by the air flow
>over it) that'd be better than if it were windmilling, from a "drag"
>point of view...
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> -Jon-
>
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