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Dave,
The EAA meeting you flew to was at Brown
Field. The guy who made the comment is used to listening to mine, and before
mine to the E-Racer that used to belong to George Graham. Compared to those
examples I'm sure yours is quiet. It's a relative thing. :-)
Sorry I missed you when you were there.
I was late to the hangar that day and you'd already left when i got
there.
Mike Wills
RV-4 N144MW
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:27
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Moroso Muffler
initial report
So I replaced my Hushpower II muffler with this stainless steel
Moroso muffler:
http://www.moroso.com/catalog/categorydisplay.asp?catcode=35054
I
really like that it weighs in at only a little over 3 pounds (vs. almost 10
for the Hushpower). It is also smaller and more aerodynamic. One down
side is that it had to be welded, as it was not the right size to make a slip
fit work in my exhaust system (the hushpower had a nice snug slip fit).
The Moroso is essentially identical in OD to my 2.5" OD exhaust
pipe.
To me it sounds a little quieter than the Hushpower after
all its insides had burned out, but not as quiet as the Hushpower when it was
brand new (I think the packing probably burned up on the first flight so soon
thereafter). I have been flying with the burned out hushpower for
so long I just got used to it.
The only place I have flown so far with
the Moroso is it to an EAA meeting. One guy really commented on how
quiet it was, which is not a comment I get very often. So that is one
data point.
The innards held up perfectly well the the 1 hour
flight. I plan to fly a few more hours tomorrow. Will keep let
everyone know if it ever gives up the ghost.
--
David
Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.netrst
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