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Originally Posted by fanamingo
Can you elaborate? My google searches have turned up empty.
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fanamingo,what ChrstphrR posted( Thank you very much!!!!!!!!) should illustrate the ducting tech..Chrysler Aerospace Division used this technology when developing the nose for the 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger,which swept the NASCAR field for,I think two years.------------ Both Korrff and Chrysler' work can be traced to Sighard F.Hoerner's "Aerodynamic Drag",translated into English in 1951.In the section on radiators,a series of cooling systems are depicted for I think,a Messerschmitt fighter,and the system with the lowest drag is a dead-ringer for what Korff depicts,and what Dodge built.The P-51 Mustang used a system like this,but with a scoop,which I believe is credited to Chrysler.Thrust generated by the air expanding across the heat exchangers was actually enough to cancel the 2% drag of the cooling system and even provide a little net thrust to the plane.Truly delicious engineering! If you can track these materials down,you'll be rewarded with some great reading.