Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net ([68.230.241.27] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 660621 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 20:09:06 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.27; envelope-from=daveleonard@cox.net Received: from davidandanne ([68.101.147.215]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with SMTP id <20050206010834.SQUC18503.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@davidandanne> for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 20:08:34 -0500 From: "DaveLeonard" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: exhaust drift Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:08:41 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002D_01C50BA5.57C31800" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C50BA5.57C31800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MessageIts not thin at all. It is 16 gauge 321 stainless, 2.5 inch diameter. That is why it took me so long to accept the fact that it was drifting. I just kept trimming the stainless plate on the cowl. Dave Leonard Last night I installed some springs to apply a counter force forward, then I went flying (looking for any excuse). After just 45 min of flying the exhaust forward about 2 mm. Once the exhaust is centered again I will adjust the tension on the springs to just counter balance the force of the slip stream. Amazing. Never would have imagined that. Is it really thin wall tubing? Is it mild steel, or stainless? Rusty (another oil cooler has arrived) ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C50BA5.57C31800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Its=20 not thin at all.  It is 16 gauge 321 stainless, 2.5 inch = diameter. =20 That is why it took me so long to accept the fact that it was = drifting.  I=20 just kept trimming the stainless plate on the cowl.
 
Dave=20 Leonard
 
Last night I installed some springs to apply a counter = force=20 forward, then I went flying (looking for any excuse).  After = just 45=20 min of flying the exhaust forward about 2 mm.  Once the exhaust = is=20 centered again I will adjust the tension on the springs to just = counter=20 balance the force of the slip stream. 
 
Amazing.  Never would have imagined that.  Is it = really thin=20 wall tubing?  Is it mild steel, or=20 stainless?  
 
Rusty=20 (another oil cooler has=20 arrived) 
 
 
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