Return-Path: Received: from ns5.rokland.us ([67.15.10.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP-TLS id 384012 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:15:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.15.10.31; envelope-from=bob@bob-white.com Received: from bgp01386623bgs.brodwy01.nm.comcast.net ([68.35.161.221] helo=localhost) by ns5.rokland.us with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C1al7-0002az-LU for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:14:57 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:14:56 -0600 From: Bob White To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Pics of Tracy's old intake scoop? Message-Id: <20040829191456.7785c467.bob@bob-white.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns5.rokland.us X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - bob-white.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Rusty, Take a look on my web site: http://www.bob-white.com/Tracy_Crook.html Some of those photos might give you some help. Bob White On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:32:19 -0500 "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Does anyone have any pics that show Tracy's old intake scoop, the one > on top of the cowl? If you do, could you send them my way ASAP. I'm > still looking for ideas for the scoop that I need to start making > tomorrow. > > I managed to put 2.1 hours on the plane today, with only undercowl air > as my inlet. The temp at the TB was 115 according to one of my spare > thermocouples. The fuel flow reading is way out to lunch, so that > will be another project. Unfortunately, the TAS reading comes out to > be 12 mph higher than what the GPS averages. I've wondered how Tracy > was getting such good numbers to report :-) > > Oil temps are still up, and I can't blame this on the EM-2 because I > checked the sensor again, and it's spot on at 200 degrees. I found > that some of my foam that seals the cowl to the oil cooler has > shifted, crushed, or worn in, and there was almost 1/8" of gap on both > sides of the cooler. I added another strip on each side, and it makes > a nice seal now, so we'll see if that makes any difference. Sure hope > so. The oil temp is limiting my climb ability now, so I'll need to > make some progress on this in the near future. > > > The good news is that the CD player works well. Listened to ZZ-Top at > 10,500 feet :-) > > Thanks, > Rusty (more cal ahead) >