Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #61942
From: Andrew Martin <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: West Aussie Rotary
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:00:12 +0800
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Must admit, all info re cooling exit came from Peter Garrison, I really like people that think outside the square rather than accepting "conventional".

If the photo below attaches, it shows the engine being setup a couple of years ago, wedge duct can be seen on radiator, divergent duct is not on the plane but goes under the engine mount, exhaust is all fabricated on farm, manifold is piece of 150x50 mm oval cattle rail 3mm thick with 3 50x25 mm RHS stubs welded to exhaust flange, pipe angles were deliberate to reflect as much sound back into engine as possible, but not restrict flow, seems to work so far. no muffler needed. stainless heat shield now wraps around manifold but not pipe, its this area which is blistering paint so need to stick some foil to inside cowl.
Intake now has small filter attached directly to TB for simplicity.

Andrew




On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Charlie England <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
Looks like a really nice design. The cooling exits look a bit like Peter Garrison's Melmoth; I think he had good luck with the design. The 'turbine' exhaust exit does look cool. :-) Did you include a muffler, or did you just turn the stock exhaust manifold exit out the side? How are you protecting the cowl from melting near the pipe? Looking forward to seeing engine installation pics. Keep 'em coming (or just put them on a photo sharing site).

Thanks,

Charlie



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