Jeff R.,
You have a taker here! I'll be second in line after Jeff B. There
seems to be no problem with mine right now, but it's winter. I can
already see that one cylinder (#4 of course) is quite a bit hotter
than the others. So this is something I want to have in the back
pocket when the time comes.
Check six,
Bob Borger
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On Feb 9, 2009, at 19:01, JEFF ROBERTS wrote:
> 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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