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Old 09-23-2017, 10:12 AM
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Henke Torphammar
 
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Originally Posted by olnico
Wow. You are going to implode that pipe at no notice in flight.
It is way too narrow for the length.

Gaspar's 200 has a pretty high efflux velocity. On a 850 mm pipe, I would recommend 110 mm ID to keep the vacuum levels in the pipe reasonable.
Very much depends on the setup. We use 75mm tubes for 240N engines over here :-) I know Frank engines can not take too much back pressure etc.....