>--Jerry Hey wrote:
 >>
 >>  Paul,  What do  you think of this design?  How will the bottom
 >cowl
 >>  profile look in reality?   The rad is only 13 inches wide so the
 >cowl
 >>  can curve out and up to the max width. That should help the
 >>  appearance.  Can we hold the 13" bottom dimension and blend it
 >into
 >>  the inlet (13  x 4.188)?  Unfortunately,  my cad drawing is so
 >>  rudimentary I cannot  portray what I am visualizing.   Jerry
 >
 >Looks good to me.
 >
 >This is what I have so far.
 >
 >What kind of intake opening do you prefer?:
 >Oval?
 >Round?
 >Rectangular?
 >
 >I'll work on it a bit more.
 >
 >Paul Lamar

 Rectangular or rounded rectangular for  the opening.  Your drawing
 thus far looks like a photograph of what I have built.   From here on
 the process will be reversed and I will be building what you draw.
 Jerry

I need some good photos for the ACRE NL web site.
So please use that bed sheet and take some.:-)

Here is a top view.

Paul Lamar

Photo session tomorrow.   Note your rendering shows the starter
hanging off the edge of the MMP.   It does not do so in reality.

I got lazy.

Also,  I think I would prefer to put the oil cooler on the left side.
That way, I can use the right side inlet for ram intake air.   Or,
is ram air not an advantage if we are talking just 6000 rpm?     Jerry

Sure I think there is plenty of room over there for the oil
cooler.

Ram air works. Mostly because it is cold.

BTW I figured out an acceptable way to deal with the
shear loads on the spools. Use short chunks of 1/2" square 
solid aluminum bar stock and tig weld them as diagonals 
between spools. You can bend them  slightly where necessary 
to clear the ring gear.


Paul Lamar
 
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