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Fig. 23-6 Single engined aircraft with fuselage intakes.
9. Single engined aircraft sometimes use a pilot- 10. The disadvantage of the divided type of air
type intake; however, because this generally involves intake is that when the aircraft yaws, a loss of ram
the use of a long duct ahead of the compressor, a pressure occurs on one side of the intake, as shown
divided type of intake on each side of the fuselage is in fig. 23-7, causing an uneven distribution of airflow
often used (fig. 23-6). into the compressor.
Fig. 23-7 Loss of ram pressure in divided intakes.
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