Kim,
Thanks for the reply. Where did you locate the NACAs? Are they in the
conventional place and what is the ideal ramp angle you speak of ? Is your
NACA off the shelf, and if so which type did you get, and was the plenum
chamber behind taylor made or also off the shelf?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Tony Renshaw
Builder No.236
The Aussie Connection.
>hello. It is I, Kim Prout responding to concerns regarding
>ventilation. The initial installion of the NACA vents was not
>satisfactory due to an incorrect ramp angle so I added small tabs
>behind the scoops to force flow. Still didn't work well so I modified
>the scoops to the correct ramp angle and then worked beautifully with
>plenty of air. The small tabs still help at idle and taxi and high
>angles of attack. Also, the scoops bring air into small plenum which
>allows install of eyeball vents, really nice to shut off air, direct
>air to various body parts and to cool the radio stack (have vents on
>sides of stack and exits at top of instrument module.
>The air in the cabin exits through the gear handle slot and through 2
>vents in the baggage bulkhead and out the rudder slots and anti-servo
>slots. Interestingly, air comes into the cabin as well via the access
>to the fuel valve. Hope this helps in your install and
>conceptualization for ventilation. Happy flying!
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