Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3208871 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 May 2004 11:02:38 -0400 Received: from ms-mss-03-ce0-1 ([10.10.5.84]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i46F2aSm020631 for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 11:02:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from southeast.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HXA00M46SGCQ8@ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 May 2004 11:02:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.10.1.21] (Forwarded-For: [143.209.7.148]) by ms-mss-03.southeast.rr.com (mshttpd); Thu, 06 May 2004 11:02:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 11:02:36 -0400 From: echristley@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds To: Rotary motors in aircraft Reply-to: echristley@nc.rr.com Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Sower Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 9:05 pm Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds > <... carbon fiber corroding does not make much sense ...> > Didn't make sense to Burt either. IIRC he's the one who found out > (much to > his chagrin) and raised the alarm in the first place. Lots and > LOTS of > verbiage about it in the canard lists. Carbon fiber is a mild conductor. Galvanic reactions seems the obvious answer. But wouldn't a simple solution be to isolate the Al with layer of FG flox? Was there any discussion of graphite not behaving well next to 4130? Inquiring minds want to know...BEFORE they build control surfaces. 8*)