Re: REFLECTOR: NACA Design

["David M Parrish" <dmp@radbsd.mcg.edu>]

From:           	"Travis Young" <TravisY@onePOS.com>

> I did some research and thought that I would share the consensus of a good
> NACA inlet:

> The measured efficiencies of the inlets were about 80% of a simple ram air
> scoop (before losses due to bends) with a fraction of the associated drag.

By efficiency, you mean that a NACA scoop flows about 80% of a ram scoop 
of equal inlet area? A 20% flow loss with much less drag is a tradeoff I can 
live with. :)

Where did you get the efficiency number from?

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David Parrish