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Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:38
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling
Ducts
Well Ed, I hope you're happy :-) Just say it's perfect, and there won't be any trouble
:-)
Clearly, I still have some work to do to
get these mounted permanently, but I can't do that until I put the cowl back
on and find the best alignment with the inlets. Unfortunately, I
couldn't do that because I had to add to the inlet lip on part of the cowl,
and the epoxy was still wet. I think that's the really downer about
dealing with fiberglass. Everything take multiple steps, and you have to
wait for glue to dry between them. Anyway, I anticipate some pain and
suffering when it comes time to get a good transition between the cowl inlet,
and the ducts, but so far, I'm quite pleased with how they're coming
along.
Unfortunately, I have to go back to work
(such as it is) for the next week and a half. After that, I should have
plenty of time, because Philips is still planning to lay me off.
Amazingly, they're already talking about hiring me as a consultant until they
get an official slot opened to hire me back.
Cheers,
Phil-bert (Philips-Dilbert)
Hi, again, Rusty....I was just now
taking a second look at the engine pictures you sent, and I noticed that your
throttlebody has four studs on it, that would hold the air cleaner
on, similar to my TWM throttlebody. Just wanted to pass along this
near catastrophe that happened to me while running my engine. One of the
nuts that was threaded onto the stud on the throttlebody slowly "unscrewed
itself" while the engine was running, and came completely off the stud.
Somehow, Murphy was not on duty that day, and instead of it getting sucked
into the intake, it fell to the floor. I can't tell from the picture if there
are nuts on the studs, but thought I would mention this just in
case. Take care. Paul Conner
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