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From: Jan Guthrie (no email)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 10:05:31 EDT
Bob,
Go to the website mentioned .....
http://www.dimpletape.com
and click on the "Sports Aviation" article ..
There are pictures of the tape and a picture of it on an airplane prop.
Jan
Bob Taylor wrote:
> Can you describe what the stuff looks like. Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 6:08 AM
> To:
> Subject: lv-ab: FWIW
> Received this in an email. Thought it may be of interest.
>
> ............As we were leaving N'orleans, we were visited at
> the dock by a curious onlooker. Anthony is a retired
> engineer, and now spends time with his airplane and his
> inventions. The marina shared a boarder with the municipal
> airport, and Anthony came over to look at the boat. We got
> to talking, and found out that he is the inventor of
> "Dimpletape." An adhesive tape with holes, it is applied to
> the thickest part of an airfoil, and using the same
> principal as a golf ball, increases lift and reduces drag by
> creating micro-turbulence. He wanted to know if we might be
> interested in trying some on our wind generator. So, we
> gave it a go, and sure enough, what a difference! Our model
> AirMarine is notorious for the amount of sound it makes.
> Well, the tape has cut out about 70% of that sound. Anthony
> claims that you can get a 10% improvement in gas mileage if
> applied to a late model car. http://www.dimpletape.com
> Fred Fraim
> S/V Lupo's Run
> Baltimore, Md.
>
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Jan
Jan Guthrie Yacht Brokerage
262-553-1998
http://www.buy-a-boat.com
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