Hi Bud;
I also have a 914 and with the hot Arizona temps need all the cooling I can
find.- It sounds like Jeff's form will only be for a 912.- Do you have
access to something like it for my 914?- Thanks
Paul Boulet, N914PB
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, ALAN YERLY <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
From: ALAN YERLY <budyerly@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Cooling Shroud
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 4:09 PM
Jeff,
Good going.-
-
Although mine covers the whole intake manifold and is set up for the 914.
- Your copy of the Rotax part is tidy and a lot cheaper than that overpri
ced vinyl ester piece Rotax sells.
-
You may find that if you made yours from Aeropoxy that the edges may get a
little brown around the head, but not too bad.- Vinyl ester can take a li
ttle more temperature, but I figure if the lunch boxes on top of the cylind
ers of-a Jabiru at 300F hold up made from Aeropoxy, it will work on the r
otax.
-
You have a tri gear, and I can't believe with that big hole behind your eng
ine frame, that you need this, but let me know how it's working.
-
Bud
Custom Flight Creations.
----- Original Message -----
From: JEFF ROBERTS
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Cooling Shroud
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 t
o make 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 KOS
H I decided to call Lockwood to see what one would cost. We'll the rotax ve
rsion 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 funnele
d 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
process I thought I'd test the waters on this list. Here is a picture of i
t. 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 t
he process I went through to make this so if you are interested let me know
. Jeff gets first crack at it but we could send it on from there. All inter
ested parties please 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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