organic wrote: ↑17 Feb 2026, 23:54
SB15 wrote: ↑17 Feb 2026, 23:49
AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Feb 2026, 23:40
I don't think that's an inlet. That's the side of the monocoque. Looks like shadow. The sanding or glue gives it an outline.
The bottom lip does look different.
The top image has some anomalies /compression artifacts indicative of a screenshot from a moving picture. Look to the left of where it looks like the lower inlet might end and you can see a vague line suggesting the inlet extends but is compressed into a vague blur
He is right though. Take a look at this clearer image of the old sidepod inlet. The lower lip - like the top leading edge and the entire inlet - is swept back, but it has a continuous arc like it's drawing a circle with a set radius, while the new one has a clear discernible brake in it's curve:
