Sounds like you’re
making some real progress. Not sure I understand that you would need to
trim the cowl to fit the 20B. The 20B is 6 inches longer than the
13B. With the 13B moved forward 2-4 inches, it still seem that you would
need to lengthen the cowl by 2” for the 20B. Something must have gotten
lost in the translation. Are you taking into account the 3.5” setback for
the M/T prop? That one got me big time.
;-(
Mark
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Bobby J. Hughes
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:40
AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Custom RV10
cowl...update
I found a local glass shop in the
Austin area that
is making RV fairings and F1 Rocket parts. Extreme Composites. I spoke with the
owner Jim this morning and he is willing to work with us to develop a RV10 cowl.
The RV10 engine mount is being made in house by Vans. I will try to
purchase an engine mount frame without the lyc hardware next week when Darrel
returns from SNF. I have planned to build a FWF mockup on a trailer for fitting
and engine testing before final install in the aircraft. So...... I would be
able to take the mockup to his shop for proper fitting. The engine mount will be
designed to use Custom Concepts mounting plate. Fred will be designing the mount
so he will have one for both the 13 and 20B's with correct CG. The cowl could be
made long enough to use with the 13B and could be trimmed to fit a 20B
installation. The Renesis will have to be moved forward between 2 and 4 inches
in the RV10 with dual batteries on the firewall.
I also have an email into James
Aircraft to see if the front half of their RV6 rotary cowl
could be mated to the back half of the new RV10 Lyc cowl them are making. They
needed five order for a new design so this might be a viable alternative to a
complete new cowl.