Fred,
Very impressive rig. 140 ponies, should make'r git up and go.
Lotsa mass up front there though. How 'bout the radiator mounted in an
underside
duct aft of the wheel well ala P-51. Help move the CG aft a bit. Might even
get a few pounds of thrust out of it (like the P-51) if you design the
diverge/converge
sections right..
Too bad you can't put the radiators in the wing roots like the Spitfire. They'd
fit right in with the Spitfire wing root fairings!
What are your plans for a prop? An engine like that just begs for a C/S prop to
take max advantage of the available HP & torque. Is there one available for
a backward turning prop?
Keep up the good work,
Bob Borger
On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at 08:24PM, "Fred Klein"
<fklein@orcasonline.com>
wrote:
>Guys...reached a major milestone w/ the completion of my engine mount
>and trial fitting of my engine and cowls. Everything seems to be
>true, level, and properly aligned w/ prop flange offset as per manual.
>Offset required some tweaking of the footwells; looks like the offset
>will also require two small blisters on the top cowl...one for the
>front corner of the stbd fuel rail, and one for an offending edge of
>the starter motor housing. Cowls are from Alex Bowman's molds who used
>them w/ his Honda/CAM 125 engine. I'll be needing a 2.5 to 3 inch prop
>hub extension.
>
>Now on to the inlet and exit ducts for the 2 radiators...exhaust
>system to follow; if anyone has had experience w/ so called "Swiss
>mufflers", I'd love to hear about it.
>
>Engine from RAM Performance w/ MPEFI; dual inlet ports (one per
>cylinder) produces 140 hp @ 5500 rpm; Autoflite PSRU means prop
>rotation will be counter-clockwise.
>
>Fred
>...jus eatin the elephant...one bite at a time...
>
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