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Old 05-20-2020, 05:00 PM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gumby79
My mind went towards a purely mechanical mechanism. Simply using a bi-metal spring.... As demand for cooling increases the bi-metal gets hotter and opens further.
Paired bi-metallic springs that work against each other. Maybe minimum of three pair?

Those trailing air curtains seem oddly familiar. They could also flare outward to make air brakes.
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