Ahhhhhhh. (Straining the brain hard now.) I seem to recall that
Scientific American did a story on boat hulls for (America's cup,
single sculls, something?) where they determined that if you
put a whole bunch of tiny holes on the skin and then forced
compressed air through (from inside to outside) that it did
something to the boundary layer - - - anyway reduced friction.
Air is a lot thinner than water, but at our speeds - - -
OK, want to go faster? - you just need to pass
a little gas.......
Maybe the Flue Flame Special was on to something.
J.
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