n smikle wrote:Supersonic Nozzle. To make the air leave at one constant speed over a wide range of flows.mantikos wrote:You are right, the added the outter guide vane...the metallic unpainted one...although I am still curious about the bell shaped taper toward the exhaust exit and the fact the pipe is much higher than others who have outter blown diffusers and is not aimed downwards towards the underside of the diffuser at all...this is very unique in addition to the shorter length and the fact that the exhausts are more outboard vs the others...luca wrote:
They added a guide vane. That wasn't there in the initial picture posted a couple of pages ago.
Aah it's a con-di nozzle, that makes sense! that helps in maximizing the benefit from the kinetic energy fo the hot gases!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent ... ent_nozzle