Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #63693
From: Todd Bartrim <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Heat Soak & Fuel Purge valve- Another half baked idea?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:35:40 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
By opening manually, I meant just opening the oil hatch on the top of the RV cowl to let it cool. With that up in the air it would be difficult to miss and if I did miss it during a pre-flight, then I'd probably not be doing a good job of my pre-flight inspection.
But I do think it's a good idea and one that I may have given more serious consideration to if I'd known about it earlier this year when I was doing fiberglass work on the cowl.
At this point though it looks pretty easy for me to add the fuel purge to the injector header, so unless somebody talks me back from the ledge, I'm probably going to jump. Just as soon as I finish a solar mod on my boat so I can take my kid fishing tomorrow.

Todd

Todd Bartrim

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Thomas Mann <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
>Cheaper, lighter and probably safer to just open the door manually.
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Cheaper: Depending on the alternative? Probably
Lighter: Again, depending on the alternative????
Safer: Doubtful. These things are pretty much foolproof and have been used in aircraft already for just this purpose.
       With a front hinged vent door I cannot see a benefit to using a manual mechanical method of operation.
       If you do use a mechanical actuator ..... don't forget to come back and close it.
 
All in all, it's sounds as those this would not be a good solution for you.
 

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