HI All,
After dealing with the uneven cooling issues under the Europa cowl, and
after looking at how all the new LSA planes are cooling the rotax, I
decided to make a cooling shroud or baffle as rotax calls it. I know
something like this came with some of the Kits but not mine. After
seeing the RV-12 at KOSH I decided to call Lockwood to see what one
would cost. We'll the rotax version was $900 + US dollars. So I got the
clay out and started making one. It turned out quite nice. All the air
---From the right intake will be funneled up a 2 inch scat tube to feed
the thing.
After talking with Jeff B. of Baby Blue fame he thought it would be
nice if we could fashion a mold for anyone else wanting one. So before
I start the process I thought I'd test the waters on this list. Here
is a picture of it. Jeff & I thought if we made such a mold that we
could send it around to others wanting to lay up such a shroud. A mold
would be a lot easier than the process I went through to make this so
if you are interested let me know. Jeff gets first crack at it but we
could send it on from there. All interested parties please respond back
and we'll see what we can do. It seems to me that better and more even
cooling will make a happier engine.
Best Regards,
Jeff R.
A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 176 hours and down for the annual, Mod 71 and
a lot of others.
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