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wayne.e(at)grandecom.net
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 Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: Lower cowl air inlets |
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I am finishing up fitting my cowling and I had someone suggest that I not install the air inlets on the bottom until after I'm flying. The logic of this being that if I do my fly off and don't have a heat problem then I could possible eliminated some drag. Does anyone have any thoughts on this idea?
By the way I have installed the Skybolt cam locks on the cowling and they really turned out great. I bought their RV10 kit and installed the cam locks a tad over 3 inch's apart, based on talking to them, and I came up about 9 cam locks short so I had to order a few more. I think the 3 inch's is a good distance and turned out well.
Wayne Edgerton #40336
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coop85(at)bellsouth.net
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: Lower cowl air inlets |
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Wayne,
Probably the safest option is to talk to the folks at Van’s, however since there have been a number of threads about too much heat I’d recommend making the inlets. One individual even made larger inlets. Based on the numerous threads I seriously doubt you’ll end up not having wished they were there, not to mention new engines tend to run hotter anyway and you will want all the help you can get cooling it off. A safer option would be to make the cuts and then close them back off at a controlled progression in an effort to save drag but not compromise cooling. (Hmm, this answer took a lot longer than it should have – sorry)
Marcus
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From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Edgerton
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:19 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Lower cowl air inlets
I am finishing up fitting my cowling and I had someone suggest that I not install the air inlets on the bottom until after I'm flying. The logic of this being that if I do my fly off and don't have a heat problem then I could possible eliminated some drag. Does anyone have any thoughts on this idea?
By the way I have installed the Skybolt cam locks on the cowling and they really turned out great. I bought their RV10 kit and installed the cam locks a tad over 3 inch's apart, based on talking to them, and I came up about 9 cam locks short so I had to order a few more. I think the 3 inch's is a good distance and turned out well.
Wayne Edgerton #40336
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