Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
I am certainly not claiming to be the expert on the matter and am still open to persuasion either way. However, the report you quote is for turbojet engines at high mach numbers from the 1950s.
What I am saying is that there are too many discrepancies to convince me just yet.
BV
Look at the graphs, the drag measurements start at .2 Mach. Even a high bypass engine has, at its core, a turbojet. So I think that the results can be applied to modern jet engines.
Even as far back as the 1950`s physics was the same as now, the date is not relevant.