Simply beautiful.- I'd like to have one too
Paul Boulet, N914PB- Rotax 914 tri gear
--- On Mon, 2/9/09, JEFF ROBERTS <jeff@rmmm.net> wrote:
From: JEFF ROBERTS <jeff@rmmm.net>
Subject: Europa-List: Cooling Shroud
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 5:01 PM
HI All,
After dealing with the uneven cooling issues under the Europa cowl, and aft
er
looking at how all the new LSA planes are cooling the rotax, I decided to m
ake 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 pr
ocess
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 proc
ess I
went through to make this so if you are interested let me know. Jeff gets f
irst
crack at it but we could send it on from there. All interested parties plea
se
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 l
ot
of others.
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