X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.219.56.245] (HELO mail.qnsi.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTP id 5518470 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 May 2012 22:31:01 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.219.56.245; envelope-from=bhughes@qnsi.net Received: from 10.0.0.5 ([10.0.0.5]) by qnsi-mail.qnsi.net ([10.0.0.5]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Wed, 2 May 2012 02:30:26 +0000 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] EGT probes References: From: "Bobby J. Hughes" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87FAFECA-5B5C-4D00-80BF-194E001D9841@qnsi.net> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 21:30:24 -0500 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable thread-topic: [FlyRotary] EGT probes thread-index: Ac0oC4hr9xdXIMHDQeulJvSemKMgQQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Steve One inch or less is all you can get for the rear rotor. Just locate it where= it's protected from the front rotor exhaust. Aircraft Spruce has probes wit= h weld on fittings. Probe position / orientation for rotor 2, rear rotor is l= imited. I think mounting it on the bottom is about the only option with the s= tock manifold. The inner tubes float so drill a large enough hole to allow f= or the movement. Weld the fitting to the outer shell.=20 Bobby Sent from my iPad On May 1, 2012, at 7:17 PM, "Stephen Izett" wrote: > Hi Guys >=20 > For a Renesis engine using the original manifold how would I best go about= fitting EGT's. > My thoughts were to plumb the two outside exhaust ports approx 1" from the= flange using a steel threaded weld on. > Questions: > 1. Given its a Renesis is 1" a reasonable distance. > 2. Most EGT's appear to clamp on, can I get thread in probes and from wher= e. > 3. Orientation of the probes? >=20 > Thanks >=20 > Steve Izett > Finishing a Glasair SII RG Renesis 4 Port =20 >=20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List= .html