I write a newsletter for canards and frequently deal with expansion ducts
for oil coolers. Your pictures do a great job of illustrating the
concept and I'd like to publish them in the next Central States Association
Newsletter with your permission. I would of course give you credit.
I assume you are Russell Duffy.
Well Ed, I hope you're happy :-) Just say it's perfect, and there won't be any trouble
:-)
Clearly, I still have some work to do to
get these mounted permanently, but I can't do that until I put the cowl back
on and find the best alignment with the inlets. Unfortunately, I
couldn't do that because I had to add to the inlet lip on part of the cowl,
and the epoxy was still wet. I think that's the really downer about
dealing with fiberglass. Everything take multiple steps, and you have to
wait for glue to dry between them. Anyway, I anticipate some pain and
suffering when it comes time to get a good transition between the cowl inlet,
and the ducts, but so far, I'm quite pleased with how they're coming
along.
Unfortunately, I have to go back to work
(such as it is) for the next week and a half. After that, I should have
plenty of time, because Philips is still planning to lay me off.
Amazingly, they're already talking about hiring me as a consultant until they
get an official slot opened to hire me back.
Cheers,
Phil-bert (Philips-Dilbert)