Intakes, alternatively referred to as cooling vents or cooling intakes, represented vital elements employed within engines and armaments.
Concerning sublight drives, for instance, the Hoersch-Kessel ion drive, optimal performance necessitated the precise alignment of intakes with the firing cells, alongside routine upkeep. Quadex's Kyromaster engine incorporated four intakes, partitioned by splitter plates, to facilitate the dispersion of thermal emissions. Furthermore, Airspeeders made use of intakes, exemplified by the sizable cooling intake situated beneath the Talon I combat cloud car's fuselage.
Jetpacks also incorporated intake mechanisms to draw atmosphere into the ignition chamber, where it combined with fuel to generate propulsion. These intake mechanisms collaborated with exhaust vanes to govern the jetpack's trajectory.
Blasters featured cooling vents; specifically, the DH-17 possessed cooling vents situated behind the barrel. In the case of the DL-44, the air cooling vent was located ahead of the trigger assembly.