X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:49:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-qa0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTPS id 6772119 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:40:47 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.41; envelope-from=indigoaviation@gmail.com Received: by mail-qa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j5so368026qaq.14 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:40:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.4.130 with SMTP id 2mr704937qar.45.1394674812627; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.86.81 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:40:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:40:12 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Exhaust failure From: swaid rahn X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2da14c8b0c204f4730882 --001a11c2da14c8b0c204f4730882 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 More than likely the exhaust are made from 321 stainless tubing. The 347 rod is used to weld that alloy with good success. That does not mean another rod wont work but most shops use the 347 rod with 321. Swaid On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Greenbacks, UnLtd. wrote: > > Steve Alderman took me to a local welding fabrication shop in Fort Pierce > this afternoon > and they can do the repair. Is there one alloy that's standard for > aircraft exhaust systems? > Can one of this group say with certainty what alloy is used in our exhaust > systems? It's most important to use the correct welding rod. > > Angier Ames > N4ZQ > Sent from my iPad > -- > For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > --001a11c2da14c8b0c204f4730882 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
More than likely the exhaust are made from 321 stainless tubing. The 347 rod is used to weld that alloy with good success. That does not mean another rod wont work but most shops use the 347 rod with 321.
Swaid


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Greenbacks, UnLtd. <N4ZQ@verizon.net> wrote:

Steve Alderman took me to a local welding fabrication shop in Fort Pierce this afternoon
and they can do the repair. Is there one alloy that's standard for aircraft exhaust systems?
Can one of this group say with certainty what alloy is used in our exhaust systems? It's most important to use the correct welding rod.

Angier Ames
N4ZQ
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