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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Maybe pressurized air can be fed to the mirrors for air curtains?
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All good observations, and logical.
The quote above does remind me of a few other things.
Engineering and Fabrication Techniques for Low-Noise-Research Fan Blades
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Like others have observed, a lot of work-around for just a little gain.
CdA,:
Automobile drag coefficient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The combination of drag coefficient and area - drag area - is represented as CdA (or CxA), a multiplication of the Cd value by the area.
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I guess this is the crux;
how much larger can you make the mirror body for the sake of smooth flow before the surface area drag undoes the gain?