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To: AFreeBird
Oh a thought. What about a hollow point type design only with tunnels running to four ports at the back and a little mechanism of some sort to open and close the ports to affect the desired trajectory.

In the 80s when the big satellite dishes were the new rage, a friend was installing them. There was a big argument over solid or mesh dishes in windy areas and he said the research found the mesh dishes didn't let the wind thru after about 20 mph winds. I always remembered that and wonder how much wind would go down your hollow point. But let's get a huge grant and research it.

42 posted on 12/15/2014 1:08:23 PM PST by eartrumpet
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To: eartrumpet

Yea, but bullet shape (not a big 10’ parabolic dish) speeds... You’ve got high pressure at the nose, and low at the rear, right?

I was trying to think of a way to affect direction without servos and little wings. The KISS principle.


48 posted on 12/15/2014 2:42:53 PM PST by AFreeBird
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