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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Default Re: The truth about "ram air"

Originally Posted by Franc Rauscher
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?
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Pitot tubes measure velocity.
 
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