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Re: Europa-List: NACA duct and overhear vents

Subject: Re: Europa-List: NACA duct and overhear vents
From: jimpuglise@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:38:38

Fred- 


We did mine up at Flight Crafters and they do them all about the same.=C2
- We have the NACA vent on the starboard side of the fin, just like Jeff.
=C2- When we installed it, we bonded the basket from a stainless steel te
a strainer to the back to keep bugs from nesting.=C2- The NACA vent we us
ed has a 2" output.=C2- We ran 2 inch=C2-SCAT tubing forward and used
=C2-3/4 X 4 blue foam as a mold to make a 3 sided piece of tubing about 4
 feet long that mates to the SCAT tubing just aft of the "D" brace and runs
 along the ceiling to the back of the overhead in the cockpit.=C2- We use
 two VERY LARGE eye vents, one forward and one aft, from SteinAir (AV-1.625
B) in the headliner.=C2- They are=C2-quite expensive, about $ 100 each,
=C2-and I had to cut them down to fit.=C2- However, Lynne gets even mea
ner than usual if she can't get a lot of fresh air, so they are an investme
n in keeping the peace.=C2- How do they work?=C2- Tell you after I have
 it flying.=C2- If you need them, I have pictures. 


Jim Puglise A-283 =C2-=C2- 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com> 
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:55:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: Europa-List: NACA duct and overhear vents 


On Jun 28, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Jeff B wrote: 

> If Rick is talking about N55XS (Baby Blue) the NACA vent, on the =C2-

> starboard side of the vertical fin does, indeed provide lots of air =C2
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> to the cockpit. =C2-The duct work is a little bothersome, is one builds
 =C2- 
> hard ducts into the airframe, as I did, however, SCAT tube can be =C2-

> substituted, very easily. 

Jeff, 

Did you use an after-market NACA vent? =C2-What size SCAT would you =C2
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suggest? And how did you enter the plenum between the doors, given the =C2
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reinforcement =C2-between the doors called for in the plans? 

Fred 

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