X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 30 [X] Return-Path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTP id 2022048 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 May 2007 15:44:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.231; envelope-from=hansconser@gmail.com Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so260956nzi for ; Wed, 02 May 2007 12:43:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sfd3GaixbCX3ljTmsCXOnVmxygY1GYrBjo9GPx3eDXu5DQwKfVRqobyPnT+T/AuaDU5kucM7ECXTUuAdhaYrAQpLsb9JUj7egIxw6ssphQ3rewkAMUB94E9JwImcaKdgbYQI8hT4kl95ynkP8VB3Xp3w/rmoorzLcKORHdK2ZOY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=L5R3Tkgni1CaSiXLt1BrJ7Q1S+bHMxNceDIGGh1e4hIdb9S8ZrklQB6Y4QR2mPldgrK2QbV5dlSxUXq/dlOaAOYD/qaPSufIX+TvHxUyjy96CyoGxRxBNgDpw8BTdOVIS0YeVdfQkYNAcFG1JGbeUo7TwkxSNG9sa5quDHdzkW4= Received: by 10.114.195.19 with SMTP id s19mr355077waf.1178134990761; Wed, 02 May 2007 12:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.16.9 with HTTP; Wed, 2 May 2007 12:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2e24f88d0705021243wfe1474di25fa12f180886e05@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 13:43:10 -0600 From: "Hans Conser" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] How does the air know????????? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cuz there is a throttle body in the way! On 5/2/07, tonyslongez@cox.net wrote: > This may be a silly question but, (here goes) How does the air know? > how does the air know the length of the intake( runners) tubes versus the lenth of say a plenum? What if I have a really long plenum that acts like a long tube. how does the air know when it has reached an intake tube or port. > > Do you understand what I'm trying to ask? air is air ! > > Is it all just a preasure game with these intakes? > How many different types of preasure are there? > > I get the length part of it. I guess where I'm confused is the difference between a plenum and an intake runner, can a plenum act as an intake runner? > > Tony > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html >