X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: (direct reply)\eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.00\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 867050 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:05:49 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.73; envelope-from=sqpilot@bellsouth.net Received: from paul ([209.214.44.32]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with SMTP id <20050413010503.TWPE2549.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@paul> for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:05:03 -0400 Message-ID: <002901c5404a$f7abb4b0$202cd6d1@paul> From: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake screen/filter Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:05:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Very neat installation, Al. Paul Conner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sower" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:04 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake screen/filter > That looks really nice Al. > > Al Gietzen wrote: > >> >> >> Paul has a good point about the air filter even if it's absence had >> nothing to do with the current problem. Sooner or later, something >> undesirable will be sucked in, especially if one occasionally visits a >> dirt strip. >> >> >> >> I was thinking along the same line as Jerry, and decided to put a >> screen in the induction air path. My ram scoop is above the wing on >> Velocity, so hopefully no hard chunks are ever going to get in there; >> but the screen will insure nothing very large. The screen is from a >> SS kitchen strainer, and is in the largest diameter section of the >> intake plenum at the scat hose connection (see attached pics). >> >> >> >> Al >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >>>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>>> >>>> > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >