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Rusty,
Have you considered an intake at the base of the windscreen/cowling
interface, might be able to be essentially flush and take advantage of the high
pressure there. All cars use this location to provide cabin air, and it seems to
work well.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Duffy [mailto:13brv3@bellsouth.net] Sent: 8/29/2004 5:32:19 PM To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: [FlyRotary] Pics of Tracy's old intake scoop?
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)
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