To: hattend
What are the drag reduction techniques and cooling tweaks? I see a fairing with a sharp leading edge at the wing root in the video, almost acts as a LEX with that sharp edge, might cause a vortex to keep the flow attached in the wing root area if my theory is correct. If so, that is clever...
7 posted on
08/31/2013 4:11:24 PM PDT by
taildragger
(The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
To: taildragger
Cooling/carb inlets in the wing root were eliminated or reduced. Leading edge was reworked, cleaner fairings.
They cleaned up the whole airframe...probably get another 3-5 knots or better on the same power settings. Couple that with the downdraft carb and you’ll get even more reliable horsepower which mean faster..
A lot of the tweaks are going to be kept secret until race day but I’ll be in the pits trying to get the skinny.
They finally have an owner who can throw money at the plane to make it work! Although, I really do miss Lyle Shelton.
9 posted on
08/31/2013 4:18:38 PM PDT by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: taildragger
Oh, they also reworked the exhaust area and the area up near the firewall to provide better cooling airflow.
10 posted on
08/31/2013 4:21:21 PM PDT by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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