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Old 05-01-2011, 06:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by instarx View Post
So I think I will stick to the engineering formulas that say as the vehicle's speed increases, the screen (vertical, slanted, whatever) will block a greater and greater proportion of the incoming air. How much screen, how many layers, or how small a mesh size are just engineering details to be worked out. But the idea of using mesh as a variable air block material is a good one.
This has been my experience in making vent screens for snowmobiles.
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