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Check with (join) area EAA chapters.
Our chapter has owned one for years; we also have a set of a/c
scales.
Charlie
On 10/7/2020 7:49 AM, Finn Lassen finn.lassen@verizon.net wrote:
Prop balancing was my first thought
too.
Engine will not vibrate unless you've got faulty ignition,
intake problems or similar.
I'm my RV-4 I won't have to torque down Berry mounts. I don't
have any. Tracy talked me out of using them.
That, of course, makes prop balancing essential. I'm currently
fitting the spinner to the RV-4 -- perhaps a few more days.
There's a place where one can rent a dynamic prop balancer for a
week for $150. Perhaps we could share the cost?
Finn
On 10/6/2020 9:29 PM, Matt Boiteau mattboiteau@gmail.com
wrote:
It's 42miles as the crow flies. I got the normal
25nm increased to 45nm.
Now that I'm flying, I'll update the group on my progress. 8
hours in. I think the exhaust is shaking the plane, I was
hoping the engine be a smoother plane ride. What do people
torque down the Berry mounts to, really tight to compress?
Hey, I'm just a stone-throw away (9FL5). Surely your
test area is includes that?
You're welcome to stop by.
Finn
On 9/30/2020 8:59 AM, Matt Boiteau mattboiteau@gmail.com
wrote:
Williston (X60 airport)
I'll be there from Oct 3rd to 29th, to fly off my
25hours. So far I have 6 hours and had to increase my
oil inlet duct size, and redo the exhaust so I could
hear. We'll see what new bugs will pop up. I'll be
posting a lot to keep people in the loop and help me
along the way.
If people want to visit in person to check out the
setup and give me advice, I'm all ears.
Where
in Florida? I live in Florida in the
winter. Lynn E. Hanover
In a message dated 9/30/2020 12:48:34 AM Atlantic
Standard Time, flyrotary@lancaironline.net
writes:
I've been stuck in Canada far
too long. Finally flying to Florida on Sat
to see my plane and start flying off the
hours (trouble free I hope)
my email is my name (without spaces) at
normal gmail dot com.
Matt,
Did
you make it back to Canada in
time for the first snow? I would
like to discuss your MS install
off list when you have time.
Bobby
From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
Sent:
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 7:10 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Mufflers
Sadly, by the time the welder
and I finished, I only got about
2 hours on the plane before I
had to pack up my winter trip. I
was planning to go back in March
to FL (I live in Canada) to
start flying off the 25 hours,
but you know how that all went.
So I'm just sitting here waiting
for the borders to open up and
fly my plane!
Early conclusion is it worked
pretty darn good. I'd say I'm
equivalent to an IO-360, maybe a
tad quieter. Also on ground
testing only, I quickly mocked
up a long tube under the plane
with holes drilled in it (with
the end capped off), and it
pretty much got rid of all the
engine noise, only prop noise.
Haven't flown with that yet. One
thing I still want to do is test
the backpressure. Making sure
the CAN has enough holes inside.
The best price I found on 321
was from ProFabrication. I went
with 2.75" 20ga (0.035") on the
downpipe & outlet.
https://www.profabrication.com/index.php/products/straight-tubing/321-stainless-steel.html
I did use SPD Exhaust for the
double slip joints at the
primaries and downpipe. 2" 16ga
(0.06")
http://www.spdexhaust.com/pdfs/22-23_Tubing.pdf
For the CAN, McMasterCarr
24"x24" 18ga (0.05") rolled into
I think a 5 or 5.5" can. You can
go heavier ga, I just guessed.
https://www.mcmaster.com/1754T51/
I’m
at the exhaust header
stage in my S21 FWF
build. I’m considering a
traditional header, 3-1
merge collector with
1.75” primaries to a
2.5” tube. I’m trying to
be very weight conscious
and looking for possible
alternatives. The CA
manifold can likely be
built for nearly the
same weight as the
header design in the
picture. I’m a little
concerned with the
tangential design. Mark
S built and tested one
on his 20B. It ran hot
and caused the outer
water jacket seals to
fail. Mark was not
running a wideband so he
couldn’t see a clear
relationship between F/A
and EGT’s. He may have
be running at or near
peak EGT’s. EGT’s for
the renesis can be kept
to between 1500F -1600F
with a little extra or a
little less fuel. I will
like install the coolant
radiator on the belly so
adding an external
muffler would keep it
off centerline.
I
have located some
reasonable priced
Inconel 625 0.040
sheets. If rolled into a
5-6” tube, would this
thickness be sufficient
for a muffler shell or
the CA / tangential
manifold tube?
Matt,
How
is your CA header
holding up?
Thanks,
Bobby
From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
Sent:
Saturday, January
25, 2020 7:53 PM
To:
Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re:
Mufflers
Okay
so after 2 full days
of having our welder
out, finally brought
the CAD design to
life. Except both days
were all nighters, so
I was too tired and
busy to take 'in
progerss' pictures.
Was tricky to build,
which made the hourly
welding cost sky high,
more then the engine
itself. Hopefully that
means I can save money
in the future on
hearing aids.
Thanks Charlie for the
tip on the spectrum
analyzer. I didn't get
any before numbers,
but it's all low Hz
now. That harsh high
pitch is gone. Db's
are still there, but
I'd say with just the
muffler design, it's
comparable
to typical lycoming. I
can start to hear the
prop noise over the
engine noise. I
measured back pressure
around 3.5psi @
2200rpm prop.
I ran out of time to
flight test the long
pipe under the
airplane. I quickly
held it up with my
hands and the exhaust
pretty much
disappeared with the
prop taking over the
noise. Before flying,
I want to add
backpressure gauge to
that part and drill
holes to find a
balance between
backpressure and
noise.
SO
the "header" muffler
should make quite
like any other
plane, and the
"under belly" pipe
will make you
standout in silence.
On
2020-01-18 5:29:51
PM, Matt Boiteau
<mattboiteau@gmail.com>
wrote:
Have
started on the
exhaust. Made
all three
primaries 2"
double slip
joints (that
alone took
almost a whole
day with
welder). The big
can (CA
- Centrifugal
Accumulator)
rolled into a 5"
can and we'll
secure it to the
engine with
straps.
The inside pipe
is 2.75" which
has an area of
5.94sq". I'm not
sure if there's
a magic number,
but all the
holes I drilled
equaled to just
under double the
area (11sq").
Most are 3/8,
but I did add
some 1/2 to get
the total area
up. Could we get
away with
drilling less
holes? Not sure.
I'll be able to
drill out one
side end of the
CA and pull out
the inner tube
and change out.
Will experiment later with less holes and monitor back pressure. Will
weld a npt bung
on the CA and
use the wideband
bung to measure
the different.
The previous
exhaust with
just an Aero
Turbine 2525XL,
measured
~113dBA. With
nothing, was
closer to
120dBA. Funny
around 2000 prop
rpm was louder
then at 2300
full static.
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On
2020-01-07
12:19:23 AM,
Matt Boiteau mattboiteau@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
Okay
I'll make all
3 primary
tubes (2"
diameter) all
double slip
fit.
Welding batwing tabs
(picture
below) on to
either side on
the slips,
will hold the
muffler to the
header but
allow
expansion.
Having
troubles
finding 2.75"
bends in 321,
so I might
have to just
switch to 3"
downpipe that
is more
common. Vband
clamp before
downpipe for
easier removal
and under the
plane to allow
adding
additional
exhaust setups
(long pipe
with holes
drilled in it,
fishmouth
tailpipe, etc)
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On
2020-01-03
4:22:18 PM,
Neil Unger 12348ung@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
Mat,
As usual I
have no idea.
I made all 3
slip joints
and to date no
grief in that
area. I am
coming around
to the stock
manifold in
some way. Yes
it is heavy,
but appears to
muffle the
noise as
well. Know of
2
installations
that use the
stock manifold
with a simple
muffler after
and both claim
"acceptable"
noise. It
appears that
the stock
manifold has a
big influence
on noise??
Would prefer a
DB reading,
but if not
available it
is what it
is. All is
compromise,
weight, cost,
time, but at
the end of the
day it has to
work.
Still
working on the
turbo even
though the
world is on
holidays. All
to save my
hearing. So
far the rotary
is definitely
"unique" as
far as a turbo
is concerned.
The heat
generated
exceeds all
else Two
things to date
-- special
exhaust wheel
and water
cooled bearing
body =, all
for heat.
Have modified
the stock
front plate on
the renesis to
take an
electric water
pump. That is
the simple
bit.
Neil.
okay
I found a good
company called
SPD Exhaust.
They have
everything you
need in 321ss.
With the
engine being
an RX8, we
have three
exhaust ports.
Should I weld
the front and
back solid to
the muffler,
and make the
middle one a
slip fit for
expansion? Or
vice-vesa?
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On
2019-12-28
11:03:42 AM,
Finn Lassen finn.lassen@verizon.net <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
I
did something
similar with
my RV-3 13B
decades ago.
It split open
at the welds
around one of
the pipes from
the manifold
into the the
big outer tube
True, it did
use individual
manifold base
plates, not
the connected
factory
manifold and
the big tube
was only
0.035.
Still, I would
recommend slip
joints on two
of the three
pipes, like I
added on one
of the pipes
(cut through
and a
surrounding
bigger pipe --
missing in
picture).
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specified.
Can't remember
why I went
from the above
to individual
runners into a
perforated
pipe under the
fuselage.
Probably got
lured by
promise of
increased
power by tuned
lengths and
still
uncomfortable
by the muffler
being inside
the cowling.
Finn
On 12/28/2019
12:10 AM, Matt
Boiteau mattboiteau@gmail.com wrote:
This
is what I'm
going to try
in a few
weeks.
"Exhaust
valve opens
and a pulse of
hot gas puffs
out through a
short pipe,
then tangentially into
a cylindrical
canister.
Being
tangential,
the pulse
flattens out
and travels helically (rather than
bouncing and
reverberating
around) along
the inside
curved wall of
the can,
spiraling
toward the
exit, where it
comes out more
uniform in
flow and so
pretty quiet."
Outer
pipe = 321 ss
0.050 thick.
Flat plate
bent to a 5"
tube
Inner
pipe = 321 ss
0.036 thick.
2.5" diameter
(I
might use
302ss 0.065
since I
already have
it)
>From
my
understanding,
the area of
the holes
should be
double the
area of the
inner pipe.
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