Return-Path: Received: from mail.tsisp.com ([65.23.108.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP-TLS id 3207582 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 May 2004 14:39:46 -0400 Received: from stevehome by mail.tsisp.com (Technical Support Inc.) with SMTP id CQA74584 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 14:39:44 -0400 Reply-To: From: "Steve Brooks" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:40:58 -0400 Message-ID: <009b01c432d0$82ba99b0$6400a8c0@WORKGROUP.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal You would have to be careful of contact with aluminum. I have been told that carbon fiber, or any graphite for that matter, is corrosive to aluminum. The millitary uses titanium for all of the hardware when using carbon fiber. Steve Brooks -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Alex Madsen Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:32 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds Has anyone looked into creating carbon fiber intake manifolds for their rotary engine? It would save weight and I would think it would not be much more difficult than making a completely costume AL manifold. Alex Madsen >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html