Return-Path: Received: from border.rfgonline.com ([65.171.123.242] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 3102990 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:59:52 -0500 Received: (qmail 27464 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2004 19:47:44 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO EXCHANGE.rfgonline.com) (192.168.150.101) by 192.168.150.1 with SMTP; 19 Mar 2004 19:47:44 -0500 Received: from rfgonline.com ([192.168.150.72]) by EXCHANGE.rfgonline.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:59:51 -0500 Message-ID: <405B979A.2030207@rfgonline.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:00:10 -0500 From: Chad Robinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: P51 scoop - splitting feeds? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: crobinson@rfgonline.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Mar 2004 00:59:52.0046 (UTC) FILETIME=[A69AF8E0:01C40E16] Bulent Aliev wrote: > On 3/19/04 7:51 PM, "Chad Robinson" wrote: > > >>Bulent Aliev wrote: >> >>>On 3/19/04 10:55 AM, "Chad Robinson" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>How are people splitting air from scoops into intake, cabin cooling, and >>>>radiator feeds? Are you just partitioning the scoop into separate output >>>>feeds? If so, how large should I make the feed to the intake air for the >>>>engine, and should it have a bypass to allow unused air to escape, or should >>>>I >>>>just feed it to the engine compartment/cowl and let the intake pull out what >>>>it will? >>>> >>>>I'm planning a single P51-style scoop that drops below the boundary layer, >>>>and >>>>I'd like to avoid having separate/extra armpit or similar scoops for other >>>>air >>>>supplies. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Chad >>>> >>> >>>What airplane are you building Chad? >> >>This is for a Cozy MKIV. This scoop is not set in stone but of all the methods >>I've seen I like it the best so far. If I can make the scoop an inch larger on >>one dimension and avoid an armpit scoop or similar for intake air, for >>instance, that would make me happy. But I don't know if it's enough to simply >>partition the scoop to achieve this, or something else is required. If a >>partition is the way to go, how close to the mouth of the scoop should it be? >> >>Regards, >>Chad >> >> > > > I built such a scoop for my cozy, but can not guarantee that it will work? > After I'm finished the painting I will start doing the engine work. You're the person I got my inspiration from. =) I've got your site bookmarked, and I'll keep track of your progress. Will you be updating it when you do your testing? And where do you get your intake air? I don't see any photos of the engine with the cowl off. Thanks, Chad