You need to read all messages Butch :) Dave McCandless came up with the

same

idea
and beat you to it :)

Paul Lamar

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Just got to it Paul;

Jumped the gun a bit on that one, that'll learn me to break the "Read all
messages before replying" cardinal rule :(
....."Two great minds in tune"!!!! Way to go Dave...
BTW Paul, I don't think an off center butterfly will work as it would pulse
back and forth, due to the engines pulses....A positive open-close simple
linkage would be more effective.

--Now what we need to know, is.....How much will that "SUCKER" PULL AT 150
mph, wouldn't it be nice IF it pulled 150 pre-charge PLUS 45 mph ;-)  and of
course, monitor the temps at 3 places (Inner, Body and Tail pipes).....If we
get really lucky we might be able to touch it while in flight :-)
Wellll, there's nothing wrong with day dreaming.

So Ken, get cracking, this thing is still very much alive and DO-ABLE ;)

Butch

Jerry Bass wrote:

I wish I had thought of that before I sent it back to you. After I sent it I 
thought that I should have welded a plate over the hole and cept it after 
the three days I put into it.

Jerry Bass
540-932 3124

You would still have a problem with the sharp curve in the tail pipe.
It is more suited to a pusher even with the butterfly. Pushers need them
more as they need a cooler exhaust to keep from damaging the prop.
Especially in the higher power engines.

Paul Lamar
 
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