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Old 02-07-2011, 10:30 PM   #65 (permalink)
menaus2
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I like the steam Idea... Wikipedia says that from water to steam is about a 1600x volume increase. I think with a proper boat tail you might be able to get the air volume displaced at speed to the point where it could make sense. Hopefully you could do a major radiator size decrease or even delete and see weight savings. Air compression/steam is limited so to have any use is predicated on focusing on the aero first.
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