<VV> Fan design

[Ron]

You mean, sort of like the '61-'63 Corvair blower?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ScottyGrover at aol.com>
To: <zanebrock at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fan design


>
> In a message dated 8/9/2007 9:27:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> zanebrock at bellsouth.net writes:
>
> May I  suggest looking at the fans inside current turbo units. A lot of 
> R&D
> has gone into maximum intake with minimum back pressure. Antique 
> centrifugal
> fans have straight vanes and look almost identical to Corvair  fans. 
> Modern
> turbocharger fans have a curved leading edge at the center of  the fan 
> that
> straighten out towards the outer edge. Page 65 of Corky Bell's  book
> Supercharged has a perfect example.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Zane  Brock
>
> zanebrock at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
> Modern centrifugal fans designed for HVAC work have had forward-curved or
> backward-inclined blower wheels for the last 45 years or so; fans designed 
> for
> dust collectors where they are handling solids with the air have radial 
> wheels
> so they don't get clogged up with stuff.
>
> Scotty from Hollyweird
>
>
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