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Old 26th May 2001 | 17:20
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BEagle
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I thought that I understood intake momentum drag and even the Concorde intake geometry.

But quite how 70% of the 'thrust' of the SR71 came from the intakes and only 30% from the engines themselves still baffles me. Anyone have a simple explanation??