Hi Richard,
Now thats a good idea, to push cooler canin air up through the panel. I am about
to mount the panel on the rubber bushes, and working on replicating the cowl
setup. Just keep sending all your good ideas downunder.
;-)
Regards
Tony Renshaw
Photos to follow.
> On 31 May 2014, at 21:26, "Richard Collings" <rcollings@talktalk.net> wrote:
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> Hi Tony
> If you have mounted the instrument module on rubber bushes as we discussed
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you will have created a vent all along the top, if heat is an issue you
can fit a fan or fans on the underside of the instrument module both sides and
drive cooler cabin air up into the module and let it exit across the top. It
could also act as a demister and it keeps the fans out of site.
> Best wishes
> Richard
> G-CGZV
> By the way you were right I can't count only 5 brackets hold the top engine
> cowl
on !
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> -----Original Message----- From: Tony Renshaw
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:59 PM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Key Sanding................and Instrument Panel
ventilation
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> Hi John,
> Re Key Sanding, I suppose the purpose is to legitimise why we do it, and its
because Ive been doing work on the very thin sandwich skin of the fuselage. The
cloth in question is so thin, and I believe any strong Grit will compromise
the structure, so it got me thinking about what the goal really is. I reckon the
goal is to abrade the matrix resin, without compromising or ideally even
touching
the entrapped glass, and in essence increasing the surface area in the
process. I then wondered academically whether there was any difference in the
surface area between one Grit and another, and I dont believe there is, SO, when
key sanding, any grit will do if it roughens the surface and dulls it off.
Thats all, just an academic exercise, but I know there are smarter guys than me
on the list, so I asked.
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> re: Instrument Panel Venting, I have kindly been sent a few photos but am
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desiring seeing how others have done things, so yes, Id love to get some photos.
Thanks John.
> Regards
> Tony Renshaw
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>> Not sure on where the surface area discussion is going - or the objective.
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>> Regarding the panel, l installed 2off fans in a carbon frame above the 6
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hybrid panel in G-IPOD. This is the highest point hence hot air will collect
here. It performs the de-mist function in the cockpit (no other heater
is fitted).
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>> I can send some pics if needed.
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>> Regards
>> John
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>> John Wighton
>> Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=424022#424022
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