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Tracy Crook wrote:
3) Same air inlet with same mass flow rate
This is where it starts to go badly wrong and/or misses the whole
point. The main object of using a thick rad is to use fewer CFM
(lower mass flow rate). If you want to assume same mass flow, there
is no advantage (and probably a disadvantage) for a thick rad.
STOP!!
That sums up the whole non-debate right there, and stabs the demon squarely in the heart.
On one side we have the idea that thin radiators offer less drag than thick ones, because you pass the air through it slower. You get less drag, and each CFM carries off the same amount of waste energy, because it spends more time in the core.
On the other side we have "Yeah, you're right. But good luck fitting the necessary ducts into something that looks like an airplane."
By golly, EVERYBODY IS RIGHT!!! Woohoo!
Heh, we're getting rain here. I think I'll turn my sprinklers on and see if they'll write me a ticket for it.
BTW, this discussion has been the most fun we've had on this list in quite a while.
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