RobertN
Super Member
I had a question about air craft. The Reno Air Races were suppossed to be this weekend. I do not know if they ran, since there has been rain, and even a bit of snow in the local area.
So here is my question... If you take a high performance supercharged engine, wouldn't you get better performance in a denser, cooler, moister air? My turbo diesel has an intercooler to cool off that air after it goes through the hot turbo...
Now, part two... If I am right, and you get better performance from the cooler denser air, would that performance gain be offset by by the aerodynamic effects of the cooler denser air on the wings ect?
The same question applies to another event; they had a big Drag Race in Sacramento yesterday. As this cool moist front worked in, wouldn't the engine in a funny car or dragster run better(although maybe marginally as a percentage) than on a warm low humidity day? As long as the track was not too cool as to affect traction, seems they might run a slightly better ET.
Is this on the right track, or totally off base?
So here is my question... If you take a high performance supercharged engine, wouldn't you get better performance in a denser, cooler, moister air? My turbo diesel has an intercooler to cool off that air after it goes through the hot turbo...
Now, part two... If I am right, and you get better performance from the cooler denser air, would that performance gain be offset by by the aerodynamic effects of the cooler denser air on the wings ect?
The same question applies to another event; they had a big Drag Race in Sacramento yesterday. As this cool moist front worked in, wouldn't the engine in a funny car or dragster run better(although maybe marginally as a percentage) than on a warm low humidity day? As long as the track was not too cool as to affect traction, seems they might run a slightly better ET.
Is this on the right track, or totally off base?