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Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 8:38
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling
Ducts
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)
They really look good, Rusty. In fact, I'd say
they are PERFECT!
I like the smooth flow you have
from duct to core, should minimize turbulence. They are certainly
more conducive to good airflow than my original ducts which still managed to
keep the engine cool. So these should do much better than mine. If
find it interesting that your duct is asymmetrically upward to accommodate the
height of the radiator where as mine are just the opposite and I have my cores
mounted so high that a corner actually rubs against the cowling. So I
was wondering what the height of your cores were?
Ed Anderson