<< > Peter Cowan/Lexi Cameron wrote:

This is a great suggestion that would be invaluable to new

people coming on

the list or for anyone that might have to tune out for awhile.

It is an important issue.

A tool maybe. If everyone who has actually built a succesful

installation

votes for "the way I did it" then you have exactly what you have

now, a bunch

of installations all done differently. It may be helpful to see

what the

majority of builders have done, but it shouldn't much affect what

the

individual experimentor
might like to try. I am,in a way, unimpressed by a perfectly built

and

painted kit plane with a stock airplane engine. I understand and

admire the

work invested by the builder. I am thrilled by the builder with

little money,

who has solved a problem that has stopped others cold. Inovation

is what I

want to see.
I have more faith in the cut and try back yard engineer than the

number

crunchers amoung us. The best of all engineers is both of the

above. Is it

not a thrill to look into a project and say to yourself "why

didn't I think

of that?" The Wright brothers had to build the plane and the

engine from

scratch, with the equivilent of a hatchet and a pair of pliers.

Compiling the

results of all the input will be entertaining, and give a well

travelled

direction. A plane built by committee could be a dull plane

indeed.

Lynn E. Hanover

Sometimes when climbing over a mountain or flying over an ocean
boring is good :-)
Paul Lamar

   Paul, It sees to me that we have a mix of people here.
Some cut and try while some figure out then build. What a
wonderful group sharing ideas regardless of the source.Thanks for a

GREAT

newsletter, Virg

"Number crunching" or math theory is a tool like any other tool. If you

stick to

purely cut and try it could take you the rest of your life to get

something

to work. As Mike mentioned, every installation is slightly different.
Look around and see what theory tools are available. A bit of aerodynamic
theory is only one of many theory tools that can be used. Like any tool
it takes a bit of learning on how to use it. I might also point out that
much "number crunching" went into the design of your A/C kit without which
it could not fly.
Paul Lamar

Barnhart wrote:

Paul,

Some of us are "assemblers" as opposed to build from scratch.  Even us
"assemblers"  will more variations than the number of people assembling.

Barny 

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