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  1. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    btrueblood, Nice summary Thanks for helping with my tunnel vision! RB1957, If this concept actually could be made to work, I was only going to apply it during the period of highest pressure,The last 3 seconds of the run, thinking it would help the most at that period and help make the idea more...
  2. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    Mintjulep, I googled Boundry layer Energization and that looks interesting as well. Now I just need to see how it pertains to our project. It would be interesting to talk to some of the people who did the experiment. Thank you
  3. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    IRstuff, You nailed it, thats exactly what Im trying to achieve only through air not water.
  4. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    No dirt involved and the air or gas will come from a on board tank and only be required for a 2-3 seconds.
  5. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    The machine we are talking about is traveling at 200 mph FYI.
  6. pengilly

    Drag reduction question

    What effect on drag would this test have? If the highest pressure surface area was perforated with thousands of small holes, say 1/32", that discharged air or some gas from an onboard supply, at high velocity, into the oncoming air stream. Would this increase drag or decrease drag. If done...

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