Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:45:59 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2543588 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:24:57 -0400 Received: from VAIO (sl16.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.32] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 3.85d/96) id 4CFEE00 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:24:23 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <001701c369de$797ae820$2028b0d1@VAIO> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Cowlings and heat shielding X-Original-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:24:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C369B4.8E49B210" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C369B4.8E49B210 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the good old days, you'd just have glued a sheet of asbestos to the = inside of the cowling . . . sigh. Re: Gary Casey and his aluminum shield: Are you putting the TSIO in = your ES? The IO-550 doesn't really present any heat problems. As far = as an aluminum shield with an air layer, an intermediate, preferably a = thin ceramic blanket, would probably work better. That way you'd = eliminate both conducted and radiated heat, whereas the air gap does = nothing for radiated heat. Jim Cameron Legacy in progress (I think) ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C369B4.8E49B210 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In the good old days, you'd just have = glued a sheet=20 of asbestos to the inside of the cowling . . . sigh.
 
Re: Gary Casey and his aluminum = shield:  Are=20 you putting the TSIO in your ES?  The IO-550 doesn't really present = any=20 heat problems.  As far as an aluminum shield with an air layer, an=20 intermediate, preferably a thin ceramic blanket, would probably work=20 better.  That way you'd eliminate both conducted and radiated heat, = whereas=20 the air gap does nothing for radiated heat.
 
Jim Cameron
Legacy in progress (I = think)
 
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