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Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:37 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Rusty's 3rd intake
progress
Greetings
all,
Attached are a few pics
of where I stand on intake #3. I'm quite happy with the fit,
and hope I don't screw it all up with the TIG welder. The
inside is actually a better shape than what you see on the outside, and while
it's not perfect, I'm quite happy with it. On a scale of 1-10, where 10
is a perfectly smooth shape, the inside is probably an 8 now, where it was
maybe a 3 before. In the pic, you can see the injector holes that I
bored in the bosses on the secondary runner.
Amazingly, the stock
primary fuel rail even fits under the intake! The old steel rails that I
had fit, but have one of the hoses in the way. The aluminum rail that
Kelly sent (thanks again), has banjo fittings that can be rotated. I
didn't have it at the hanger with me today, but I'm sure it will fit as
is. This is really an unexpected bonus.
I'm still hopeful of a
ground run next weekend, and flight the weekend after.
Cheers,
Rusty (don't make me
deploy the secret weapon, though I confirmed that it will fit
<g>)
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