Steve, I used rubber weather stripping for
aircraft doors, etc. Its relative stiff, long lasting and if you get the
right shape, the air pressure helps the lips of the strip seal against
radiator. When I take off my cowl, I never have to re-seal. May not
work for your installation, but you might want to check into some of the shapes
available.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Stephen Thomas
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:28
PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Sealing
the Radiators
There is about a 3/8" gap between the water and oil coolers and
about a 1/8" gap around the sides of the wedge diffuser.
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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
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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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