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On a mould of those dimensions it's always best to choose the shortest path to the outlet and there's likely no need to place the inlet in the middle of the part. So going between the 20' (45cms?) sides sounds ideal.
When applying your infusion mesh, you need to ensure that your spiral sits on top of it at the inlet side, to get the resin flowing across the part well and place it up to the part's edges. On that size, there's likely no need to run the spiral up the sides as well, but this can be beneficial when making very large panels, especially flat ones that might be over a metre wide
Placing a deliberate break in the infusion mesh just before the outlet, no wider that about an inch or so, should also help to slow things down a little if the side sections of the part haven't quite infused when the resin approaches the outlet. Place the outlet connector on a separate strip of infusion mesh, which helps provide a good path for any gas to escape whilst the infusion is in progress. Even if you opt to de-gas your resin prior to infusion, you'll still likely see gas escaping at the flow front.
If necessary, allow a little resin to travel up the outlet tube and even into the catch pot if there's still significant areas at the sides still to infuse. If there's only a small section to infuse, you can usually close the outlet and leave the inlet open until all of the part is visibly infused. Leaving it open for another 30 seconds or so can provide certainty that everything is properly wet-out, at the cost of an ever so slightly more resin-rich part (which you'd probably not notice)
Over time, as you make smaller/bigger parts, you can experiment with the mesh placement to help slow things down or increase the resin flow speed in certain areas (using additional strips on larger parts where the sides might usually infuse more slowly). Either way, the area on which your inlet connector sits should always have mesh underneath, even if you decide to make you resin break a large one to control things better on a small mould
If there were no visible signs of air entering the parts during the infusion or during the cure cycle (usually very apparent in the infusion mesh) then, perhaps, the issues you've experienced might have just been down to insufficient resin in the part. Ensuring complete wet-out by delaying the closing of the inlet side and controlling the speed of infusion better should help things
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