Isn't this the same principle that was used on those new speedo's the
swimmers wore during the Olympics?
John Beckett
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From: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:08 PM
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> Bob,
> Some years back I believe one of the America's Cup sailboats used a
> proprietary tape made by 3M Corp on the hull of their boat to reduce drag.
> I inquired about this tape to 3M and was told it existed but was
proprietary
> and was not available.
> Howard Nafzger
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> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: collector extensions
>
>
> > The mentioning of Warren Johnson by Tim Shoeny reminded me of a
comment
> > made by a fellow LSRian a few months ago re;aerodynamics.Supposedly,The
> > Professor ,mssr Johnson wrote an article in maybe Nat Dragster or the
like
> > re;"fish-scale surfacing" for improving laminar air flow on high speed
> > vehicles. Did anybody see this? If so where? Anyone else care to comment
> or
> > pun fishy? Bob Wanner ,still in
NY,but
> we
> > still got our health,right dirty dougy?
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