Return-Path: Received: from [199.185.220.240] (HELO priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2982850 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:23:10 -0500 Received: from Endurance ([216.232.251.181]) by priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.00.05.02 201-2115-109-103-20031105) with SMTP id <20040208222309.NMOL5934.priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net@Endurance> for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:23:09 -0700 From: "Haywire" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: muffler hangers? Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:22:57 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0038_01C3EE4F.0C657A70" 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 V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C3EE4F.0C657A70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Rusty; I used some 3/4" stainless steel banding. When I built my own "SpinTech", I welded on mounting tabs at each end. I used 3/16" SS "pop" rivets to fasten the banding to the muffler and to the fuselage mounting points. It made a secure yet flexible mount (but not too flexible). After 35 hours of engine running including 17.5 hours of flight (and a few minutes of gliding :-), it still looks as it did when I installed it. I checked it 2 nights ago when I was removing some panels for other maint. S. Todd Bartrim Turbo 13B RV-9Endurance C-FSTB http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm "Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe in, Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass". ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C3EE4F.0C657A70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi=20 Rusty;

I used some 3/4" stainless steel banding. When = I built my=20 own "SpinTech", I welded on mounting tabs at each end. I used 3/16" SS = "pop"=20 rivets to fasten the banding to the muffler and to the fuselage mounting = points.=20 It made a secure yet flexible mount (but not too flexible). After 35 = hours of=20 engine running including 17.5 hours of flight (and a few minutes of = gliding :-),=20 it still looks as it did when I installed it. I checked it 2 nights ago = when I=20 was removing some panels for other maint.

S. Todd Bartrim
Turbo 13B = RV-9Endurance
C-FSTB
http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm

= =20 "Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe in,=20 Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass".

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