Theory is one thing. Practical applications is another. For instance we know in theory that fusion is better than fission but a practical use of fusion evades us.
Still we pontificate about it as the clean energy source that will save us from using fossil fuel to poison Mother Earth

This acedemic argument is no different.

Has it occurred to anyone that before people, specifically racers, spent time and money putting ram scoops on their engines somebody stuck a pitot tube out the window to see what pressures could be created by the vehicle's movement thru the air?

And then did the requisite engineering to see if that "pressure " could be utilized in the components of the engine to create more power.

I will put together some components off the shelf here this week and test my presumptions in Cathy's SRT this weekend when Shark067 and I go to retrieve an Aeroblue SRT in Tyler Texas.

roadster with a stick