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Re: Reducing drag in airplanes

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On 6/17/2018 10:57 PM, Sergio wrote:
> On 6/17/2018 8:18 PM, Arindam Banerjee wrote:
>>  From another post by me in the thread "Shooting to the Moon"
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>> That will depend upon how much the projectile is streamlined, designed, oriented, etc. I don't think anyone has fired anything at Mach160. To reduce drag the tip of the projectile could emit some air or gas at Mach 160 and that will simply blow the air in front of it away, and thus drag will be reduced. The projectile will have an air cushion around it, travelling at its own speed. Let us not forget, that with this speed the projectile will be out of the atmosphere in less than half a second.
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>> It occurred to me, that the same idea of reducing drap can be applied to aeroplanes. At the drag areas (the nose, cockpit, sides) they could blow air from the plane in front to clear the still air away, thus putting the whole plane in an effective cushion, that will reduce the drag considerably. Less drag means either more speed or less powerful engines drinking less oil.
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>> Cheers,
>> Arindam Banerjee
>>
> 
> the English tried a light coating of PIG FAT in the late 1800's, left a
> smell of bacon.
> 
Sometimes old ideas are useful in a later age! A "bacon plane" could be 
quite the terrifying weapon in Muslim or Jewish countries.

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Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-17 18:18 -0700
  Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-17 19:12 -0700
  Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-17 21:57 -0500
    Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-17 22:19 -0700
    Re: Reducing drag in airplanes benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-18 02:00 -0400
      Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 01:06 -0700
        Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-18 10:47 -0500
          Re: Reducing drag in airplanes john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 09:08 -0700
            Re: Reducing drag in airplanes benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-18 12:49 -0400
              Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-18 12:32 -0500
                Re: Reducing drag in airplanes benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-18 19:41 -0400
                Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-19 15:18 -0700
              Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 17:59 +0000
          Re: Reducing drag in airplanes benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-18 12:40 -0400
            Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-18 12:36 -0500
  Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 09:32 -0700
    Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 17:48 -0700
      Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 07:03 -0700
        Re: Reducing drag in airplanes Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2018-06-20 16:24 -0700

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