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Did you see the 45 mph center flow speed?

Jerry Bass
540-932 3124

Is that 45 MPH out the front or out the back? Check you left side evap

core for

heat damage.

Paul Lamar

Jerry Bass wrote:

The air speed probe is about 2" into the front of the VAM air pipe.
And the probe turns forward. No aparant heat damage to the left RAD.
As you saw the pix of the probe on the two pix ago with the coil of
tubing and the airspeed indicator. I clamped the probe to the RAD
support and it did not melt off.

The people at the airport said to run it at night and look for fire
coming out the front.  The guy I talked to said to run up and down
the runway and heat the VAM up and then look for Red heat at night.

Jerry Bass
540-241-2675

45 MPH out the front is not a good sign Jerry. I would not run it
anymore. You are risking a serious fire. Take that thing off there
and send it to Ken Welter. It is ideal for Ken's pylon mounted engine
configuration as the VAM muffler would be unobstructed both front and

back.

Ken what is your shipping address?

Paul Lamar

What am I missing here? Jerry's probe faces the inlet, so if he is getting a
reading, it indicates that the VAM is doing what it should, sucking air from
the front to the back.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045>   

45 MPH is coming out the front not going in Bill.

Paul Lamar
 
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