X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.137.3] (HELO imo-m22.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3734111 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:25 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.3; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from imo-da04.mx.aol.com (imo-da04.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.202]) by imo-m22.mail.aol.com (v107.10) with ESMTP id RELAYIN3-44a454d732a8; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:35 -0400 Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-da04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v40_r1.5.) id q.d2a.4f135862 (37120) for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.207.142]) by cia-ma01.mx.aol.com (v124.15) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA016-5c5a4a454d6b3a4; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:31 -0400 Received: from WEBMAIL-MY27 (webmail-my27.sim.aol.com [64.12.109.85]) by smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (v124.15) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMA038-5c5a4a454d6b3a4; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:27 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Sealing the Radiators Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:27 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 205.188.169.202 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CBC4C5AD93EEFF_1244_2CFA_WEBMAIL-MY27.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 43524-STANDARD Received: from 66.253.96.221 by WEBMAIL-MY27.sysops.aol.com (64.12.109.85) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:27 -0400 Message-Id: <8CBC4C5AD8CC7FD-1244-165C@WEBMAIL-MY27.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO ----------MB_8CBC4C5AD93EEFF_1244_2CFA_WEBMAIL-MY27.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Steve. Alternate techniques depend on how much room you have in your ducts. There ar many high temp silicone foam strips that will easily handle the temperature. So how much space do you have? Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Thomas To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 2:15 pm Subject: [FlyRotary] Sealing the Radiators I'm nearly finished with my Mistral installation and aircraft build. One of the tasks I have left to do is seal all the possible air passages between the radiators and the plenum. What have you-all used to make this seal? I know that some have used one form or another of RTV. Are there any adhesive tapes that would do the job? I think it would be easier to use tape of some sort rather than having to cut and remove RTV every annual to get the lower cowl removed (my plenum is integrated into the lower cowl.) But, I don't know.? ? Any ideas are appreciated!? ? Best Regards,? ? Steve Thomas? ? ? _______________________________________________________? ? ? ? --? Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/? Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html? ----------MB_8CBC4C5AD93EEFF_1244_2CFA_WEBMAIL-MY27.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Steve.
Alternate techniques depend on how much room you have in your ducts. There ar many high temp silicone foam strips that will easily handle the temperature. So how much space do you have?
Bill Jepson


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Thomas <glasair2@me.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 2:15 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Sealing the Radiators

I'm nearly finished with my Mistral installation and aircraft build. One of the tasks I have left to do is seal all the possible air passages between the radiators and the plenum. What have you-all used to make this seal? I know that some have used one form or another of RTV. Are there any adhesive tapes that would do the job? I think it would be easier to use tape of some sort rather than having to cut and remove RTV every annual to get the lower cowl removed (my plenum is integrated into the lower cowl.) But, I don't know. 
 
Any ideas are appreciated! 
 
Best Regards, 
 
Steve Thomas 
 
 
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