Subject: Mufflers
From: ACRE NL
Date: 10/31/2001, 3:45 PM


Inner tube 4" of  stamped perforated tube (300mm long 1.2mm thick)  -
 filled> with very tighly packed fibreglass. The ends of this tube are sealed
 with a
 > half dome end plate 1.2 to 1.6mm thick.

Will the fiberglass packing survive the exhaust heat of a rotary???
Don

Not likely.


Sure it will survive!  For 15, maybe 20 minutes.

Hans

 
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