Under the Cowl
figures greatly in such an equation. He's so fast that he regularly laps the field, in the Gold Race!
All the air needed to cool Bohannon's horsepower has to come out somewhere. What better place than rout- ing it out alongside the ginormous turbo's exhaust?
Bruce Bohannon's Flyin' Tiger holds every time-to-climb record but one for piston aircraft, and Bohannon has also flown it to more than 49,000 feet, setting altitude re- cords. Here he taxies out for another record attempt in 2004; master fabricator Gary Hunter's huge hood scoop was doing its job.
It Has to Go Somewhere
Of course, getting the air in is only half the battle. Get- ting it back out after it's done its job is the other half! Ideally, the exit should be in a low-pressure area of the airplane.
The Sport Class sensation at Reno 2012 was Sweet Dreams, owned and flown by Lee Behel, and designed
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