pictsidhe
Well-Known Member
I'm going to second the no-wind idea. That thing needs dead calm conditions...
Been following and commenting on the Raptor YT channel for a couple of years now (Using my real name). Despite your attempts to take on board your concerns I see the latest 'Fix' is another bodge on top of the previous bodge, an infinitum. I also see that us HBA members are getting verbal abuse for our attempts to save the project & PM, Can't really see it panning out to well, so from now on I'll keep my thoughts to myself, and view from a distance.View attachment 104367View attachment 104368View attachment 104369
This is an example of a properly implemented radiator setup. Turbocharged Subaru.
Physics never takes a vacation as they say. Peter really needs some professional help in several areas if he ever wants Raptor to become what he intended.Been following and commenting on the Raptor YT channel for a couple of years now (Using my real name). Despite your attempts to take on board your concerns I see the latest 'Fix' is another bodge on top of the previous bodge, an infinitum. I also see that us HBA members are getting verbal abuse for our attempts to save the project & PM, Can't really see it panning out to well, so from now on I'll keep my thoughts to myself, and view from a distance.![]()
I think one issue is that Peter does not know what he really wants and has less idea on what his 'customers' want. All us grey haired pilots with prostate issues would only want to travel a couple of hours before a comfort break, etc. If a prospective Rapor buyer has no confidence in its creator, (Would you buy/build one ???) then what's the point .Physics never takes a vacation as they say. Peter really needs some professional help in several areas if he ever wants Raptor to become what he intended.
Yepper, that's pretty much where I am. Just watching the snowball grow.I'll keep my thoughts to myself, and view from a distance.![]()
A very well designed cooling system need have little drag.Does diesel cooling drag at altitude negate diesel fuel efficiency?
Looks like he will eventually have more cooling drag then air cooled Cirrus.
That isn't a real NACA duct. No ramp. Should work as well as any odd shaped hole.
Raptor will never become what Peter intended as stated in his spec sheet. It’s like my 8yr old designing an airplane. Physics won’t allow it.Physics never takes a vacation as they say. Peter really needs some professional help in several areas if he ever wants Raptor to become what he intended.
At this point I think it is fair to say that Raptor is no longer an airplane project but is more of a syndrome and a social construct--and most likely a symbiotic aggregation of those two.Raptor will never become what Peter intended as stated in his spec sheet...
I've probably learned more from the Raptor discussion than everything else combined.However, at this point it should be clear that any such discussion has value only to the degree that it applies to our own projects.
Men make mistakes. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others.I've probably learned more from the Raptor discussion than everything else combined.
This is gonna give the turbo encabulator a run for its money.I just watched the November 13 video.
Did I hear this right... he said that he found that the first turbo was creating a 1.5 PSI vacuum in front of the second turbo...