X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1333178 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:50 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm67aec.bellsouth.net ([72.153.192.127]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060816001310.QBHB17236.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm67aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:10 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.56] (really [72.153.192.127]) by ibm67aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060816001309.VLVJ18082.ibm67aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.56]> for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:09 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New NA exhaust finished Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:08 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Looks fine to me Joe. It's much better than the one you had. Buly On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Joe Hull wrote: > Nice looking exhaust Buly! > > Here's my new exhaust - I've decided to go with a 3/8" wood flange > and 2" > ABS pipe - less prone to cracks and readily available in all small > towns > across the USA just incase I go down again. If I have the insides > ceramic > coated it might even last more than a couple nano-seconds. ;-) > > Joe Hull > Cozy Mk-IV N31CZ (65 hrs - Rotary 13B NA) > Redmond (Seattle), Washington > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rotary motors in aircraft >> [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On >> Behalf Of Bulent Aliev >> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:39 PM >> To: Rotary motors in aircraft >> Subject: [FlyRotary] New NA exhaust finished >> >> After almost 3 weeks, my new 2 pipe straight out exhaust is finished. >> It is made of 2" 321 stainless tubing. At the end they converge into >> one short 4" oval tube. The fancy bends are to make the inside length >> the same for each tube. The flange is Racing Beat mild steel. Each >> tube has one EGT sensor about 3" away from the exhaust port. The O2 >> sensor is on only one of the tubes due to lack of room.. My biggest >> concern was the noise that it was going to make. I was pleasantly >> surprised when I started it in the hangar (John Slade told me it is >> OK to do it :). The noise was almost the same as with the turbo >> housing on. Saved 30 pounds of weight on the engine and maybe 10 >> pounds less of ballast on the nose. Did not have time to run the >> engine at full tilt, since I'm in the process of making stainless >> steel heat shields. >> Bulent "Buly" Aliev >> FXE Ft lauderdale, FL >> http://tinyurl.com/s5xw8 >> > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/