X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.186] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTPS id 1088168 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 02 May 2006 00:12:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.186; envelope-from=lendich@optusnet.com.au Received: from george (d220-236-223-48.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.236.223.48]) by mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id k424BlAD030545 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 14:11:50 +1000 Message-ID: <000b01c66d9e$8efa0c50$30dfecdc@george> From: "george lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: new hangar Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:11:55 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Ed, That's way too dear, you should be able to get them for about $10 US ea. I must admit I had to shop around as well. The ones I ended up with weren't as perfectly finished as the expensive one but the same material 316SS. Our design has an inner cooling tube and an outer cooling tube and heat shield, all the ends are cones as well! All I have to do is get my welder to finish it. George George ( down under) > Sounds like the right formula, George - will wait for your project's outcome > before I try cones. Yes, I did find some cone inserts at $60.00 USD each. > I would need 4 for my two tubes - hummm makes one tube sound better all the > time. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "george lendich" > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:48 PM > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: new hangar > > > > > >> Just the shells, TJ, the 1/8" thick SS washers are history. I have > >> concluded that no reasonable thickness of metal will stand up to the > > exhaust > >> pulse for long if it is perpendicular to the shock wave. I believe that > > if > >> I could shape them into cones where by the shock wave would hit the side > > of > >> the cone at an oblique angle would probably survive - now all I have to > > do > >> is find some {:>). > >> > >> Ed > > > > Ed, > > There plenty of SS cones available in 1.6mm, I'm using them in my exhaust > > which is a joint venture design with Bill Jepson - the idea is to redirect > > the shock waves but not restrict the exhaust, as you have alluded to. > > George ( down under) > > > > > > -- > > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ > > > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/