REFLECTOR: Air intake

[Jack Prock]

Hi,

 

I would like to know if anyone has any thoughts on air intakes. I am getting
down to the last

few items on my list before flight and one thing I was thinking about was to
put in an air intake

scoop under the engine cowling. Something along these lines:

 



 

Now my question, is for the people that have put an external air intake on
the plane.

Do you get a boost at higher altitude because of the ram air effect? Does
the drag of

the scoop outweigh any positive effect from the boost? 

 

I have already started designing the scoop, but now have second thoughts and
wanted

to see if I was going down the wrong path.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Jack Prock

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