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[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Who thinks this is an "Aero"?

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[GetLikeMe 10+ year member]

Looks like PVC to me..

btw your ava is badass

 

[salone 10+ year member]

Pvc ?

 

[Toone 10+ year member]

non flared aero //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

that is not a true aero as they are flared.. but it could become one

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

technically that is an aero

that is just not a flared aero

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

technically that is an aerothat is just not a flared aero

This is the answer I was looking for but not so I could flame you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I've noticed this trend on this and many other sites and I see many people perpetuating the information that this is an aero. It is not. It is a round vent, in this case manifested by a PVC pipe. A round vent is simply that; round.

Aero is short for aerodynamic. Aerodynamic indicates a low drag coefficient. A round vent cut flush with the surface of the MDF, or whatever you're building with, is not aerodynamic at all. A flared end is what constitutes the term "aero" and facilitates the aerodynamics for a round vent, or any other cross section for that matter.

This is an "Aero":

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

so the what happends when people used flaired aeros with one end not flaired(which 99% of people use)?

wouldnt that constitute not aero?

then technically the only aero part would be the flair at the end of the port

but the end of the port flair should not have as big of an effect if any with being flaired

this could be in accurate im just guessing btw

 

[AllDayMJ 10+ year member]

so the what happends when people used flaired aeros with one end not flaired(which 99% of people use)?
wouldnt that constitute not aero?

then technically the only aero part would be the flair at the end of the port

but the end of the port flair should not have as big of an effect if any with being flaired

this could be in accurate im just guessing btw

officially it is a double flair port, aka. the matt jordan since no one else named it yet.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

so the what happends when people used flaired aeros with one end not flaired(which 99% of people use)?
wouldnt that constitute not aero?

then technically the only aero part would be the flair at the end of the port

but the end of the port flair should not have as big of an effect if any with being flaired

this could be in accurate im just guessing btw

One flared end is better than no flare but still half-a$$ed in my opinion. I would assume most people use two flared ends if they had the inclination to use an aero to begin with.

The whole point of the flare is to reduce drag and increase efficiency, ultimately reducing compression and turbulence.

 

[AllDayMJ 10+ year member]

so the what happends when people used flaired aeros with one end not flaired(which 99% of people use)?
wouldnt that constitute not aero?

then technically the only aero part would be the flair at the end of the port

but the end of the port flair should not have as big of an effect if any with being flaired

this could be in accurate im just guessing btw

officially it is a double flair port, aka. the matt jordan port since no one else named it yet.

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

Never played with using the flares on the ends.. was curious if there is a HUGE noticeable difference or not.. Im guessing so.. but discuss?

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Flared ends mainly benefit those who want to retain the use of a small cross section area. You could easily overcome the effects of compression by simply going overkill with cross section area but there are ramifications with that approach, nothing is a free lunch. It's all about the application. I simply wanted to get it out there that a round vent is not an aero as so many hold it true.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Again, I wasn't trying to single you out treadburner. Thanks for your answer. I was hoping for more input so that I could quote a few people just for the sake of discussion. I probably should have waited until tomorrow when more members were active. Sorry about that.

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

tbh it is actually kinda informative to me

so no offense was taken