----- Original Message -----
From: keltro@att.net
Date: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:11 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: RD1C to FC Housing

>  Jim,
>
>   I do not have all the numbers in front of me at
the moment
>
> as to the weight. The FC housing is a pressure
casting and
>
> relatively light. The primary difference will be a
forward
>
> (Tractor A/C) movement of the 13B C/G. My motive
is to put
>
> the prop forward and have the eng cowl fair
directly into
>
> the radius of the 16 inch spinner.
>
>    Kelly
>
> Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2
>        

Kelly, I was thinking about doing the same thing and
greatly reducing the size of the nose airscoops.
Have you given any thought to that this will  do to
the aerodynamics of the nose?  John made some noise
about Tom Bauer having some problems when he
switched his engine air intake from the bottom  to
one of the nose openings, but it was never clear
what that problem was.