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Old 12th September 2007 | 09:50
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If the majority of the induced airflow through the disc acts like that in a "double ended divergent duct", surely it would be where the "duct" is at it's narrowest.

As for airflow speed, how long is a piece of string? Power dependent on a particular helicopter at that particular moment in time?
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