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Old 12th Dec 2014, 13:54
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There is plenty of cooling air available in flight, but only one place it gets in - the scoop just above the RH inlet.



That feeds a heat exchanger that exhausts its warm air into the inlet duct (or the fan duct).

Result, I believe, is that this is more than a ground-running issue. More here:

AFRL?s Invent Program Tackles Aircraft System Efficiency | AWIN content from Aviation Week

And here:

https://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/con...rview-Iden.pdf
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