Indeed - though in this particular case it won't fit on a Bobcat. I need the concave shape of the sink strainer in order to fit the screen within the confines of the wing centre-section with it's carbon fibre deflector plates etc. Depending on the target model, the FOD screen sometimes just has to be reworked a bit.

I imagine that where size constraints are not an issue, your system could potentially be more efficient in certain cases, since the amount of area for the air to get through the mesh to the turbine is more substantial.

Cheers,
Gordon