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Originally Posted by freebeard
The fan only comes on momentarily for hard braking, maybe one of the other [of six IIRC] modes.
Thrust was the second or third effect. Mainly it's a pneumatic amplifier that turbo-charges the diffuser. Suction on demand. If you embiggen the illustration in Permalink #13, you see there is air drawn out of the rear wheelwell. Not sure what that 's about.
Did you pay for the magazine? On Youtube you can see Gordon Murray talk about it for hours for free. |
1) Murray says fan is for boundary layer control. Borrowed from Ludwig Prandtl at the AVA Gottingen, 1920s, Germany.
2) It doesn't come free.
3) At around $ 2.6-million, buyers won't care.
4) I have a subscription. It's my form of 'wireless' connection.