Mayf.
The C-17 was designed and built by Mac Donald-Douglas, Boeing bought the
company out and took credit for it along with everyone else they bought out.
I worked on the C-17 program for 3 years.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
Cc: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: comments from the wind tunnel...
> After flow separation, it does not matter much if the surface is rough or
> not. I once looked at the Boeing C17 contender (competition with Mac Dac).
> The front of th eplane where it entered the air was all flush rivits and
> very smooth. Back behind the cockpit the rivits were all round headed
> because they did not need the flush surface, the flow had separated by
> then My car is blunt in the front so the flow is gonna separate somewhere
> about three feet in front of the front bumper, LOL. Then all the air will
> be turbulent flow. But things like wax, yes no maybe so. If I had a
> great paint job then IO would wax the snbot out of it, Like Neil said, if
> it looks good, it prolly is good. One of the aero things I will do next is
> put a very full pan under the car. The underneath is very very dirty. I
> don't think I will ever lengthen the wheel base to be like the other MS
> cars, though. This is a SUnbeam...not a baby streamliner.
>
> mayf, sweating a lot, been outside cutting the grass.
>
>
> Bryan Savage wrote:
>
>>
>> Another one of your SPEED SECRETS !!!!!
>>
>> You're energizing the boundary layer to promote laminar flow and reduce
>> drag.
>> You're a very, very sneaky dude mayf.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> drmayf wrote:
>> Wait until you seen the paint job and the
>>
>>> roughness of it.
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