Return-Path: Received: from envelope.rose-hulman.edu ([137.112.8.21] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP-TLS id 3207682 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 May 2004 16:05:10 -0400 Received: from madsena (dhcp024-160-213-196.ma.rr.com [24.160.213.196]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by envelope.rose-hulman.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i45K4up29236 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified NO) for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 15:05:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Alex Madsen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:04:31 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c432dc$33058450$f166fea9@madsena> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 I will look in to it but carbon fiber corroding does not make much sense. Graphite is a very stable form off carbon and is also fairly stable electrons are tightly bound. I do not see where a mechanism for corrosion is. I can think of a redox reaction that would cause this. Alex Madsen PS I have seen carbon fiber in contact with AL in may places. -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Steve Brooks Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:41 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds You would have to be careful of contact with aluminum. I have been told that carbon fiber, or any graphite for that matter, is corrosive to aluminum. The millitary uses titanium for all of the hardware when using carbon fiber. Steve Brooks -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Alex Madsen Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:32 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Carbon Fiber Intake Manifolds Has anyone looked into creating carbon fiber intake manifolds for their rotary engine? It would save weight and I would think it would not be much more difficult than making a completely costume AL manifold. Alex Madsen >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html