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air intake solution

8,434 dsr1aviation  9.0 years ago

@General360 has found a way to get rid of the need to add heaps of intakes. Simply put an engine in front where the airflow can enter it.

A good example is his plane
general360's Griffon

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    8,434 dsr1aviation

    Exactly so if you put 1 engine in the back. You would need intakes to get enough air. So by reasoning we can say that the first engine would be acting as a kind of air intake for the second. Eliminating the need for additional intakes to make the 2nd engine 'breathe' @Skua @TheLatentImage @General360

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    26.3k Skua

    @dsr1aviation the engine that has an exposed intake seems to get enough air for both of them

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    8,434 dsr1aviation

    Ok i will will kinda agree but 2 engines 1 gets intake. Where does the 2nd engine get its intake if it is concealed?@TheLatentImage

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    26.3k Skua

    @General360 that engine exposed on the front actually will generate thrust as well, you can cover the exhausts entirely and it still works. I think the engines just have the ability to take in far more air than they actually use. The Griffon was an awesome build, by the way

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    @General360 yeah, but that still means that you have to have either an engine or one of the two air intakes exposed. I wish we had more options for intakes, that would help the dynamics of builds considerably.

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    4,841 NovaTopaz

    Well, most of my current builds need intakes due to the location of the engine and etc.

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    @General360 this isn't really a fix though. It's been common knowledge (for me at least) that if the intakes on the engines are exposed then there isn't a need for additional intakes. Perhaps this will be useful info for some though.

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