<... carbon fiber corroding does not make much sense ...>
Didn't make sense to Burt either.  IIRC he's the one who found out (much to
his chagrin) and raised the alarm in the first place.  Lots and LOTS of
verbiage about it in the canard lists.
But thin SS plate and short headers might work well .... Jim S.
PS  also, don't give up on ALL carbon fiber manifold until you've researched
heat sensitivity.


Alex Madsen wrote:

> 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
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