Re exhaust thrust equations -- Look at the CAFE article in Sport Aviation
from
about Jan or Feb of 1997. However, they contain some pretty severe
mistakes.
Also look at sport aviation from a couple of months later for a page
(colored
yellow) that contains a response from Jim Cunningham providing corrections
for their equations.
M
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> Greetings All,
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> I recently enjoyed reading Ken Paser's "Economy with Speed".
> It is essentially a study of the effects of applying 30-70 year old known
> aeronautical design best practices (from NACA reports) to the improvement
> of a modern homebuilt. The results is a much awarded and honored
> Busby Mustang 20 or 30 mph faster than others of its design.
>
> One technique involves canting the muffler discharge into the axis of
> flight to both mitigate the drag of the exhaust plume and simultaneously
> gain a small amount of thrust.
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> Has anyone experimented with the Europa's exhaust? Best angle, etc?
> I know you donj't want to go straight back to avoid melting or staining
the
> fuselage.
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