>> Paul
>>
>> I've been messing with Rhino. The scoop is what I have in mind to
>> house my radiators and oil cooler. I plan on putting an augmenter
>> in there somewhere. Can you give me an idea of the optimum scoop
>> layout in other words is this one going to work? I want to use
>> the two radiators forming a wedge like a greater than sign
>> I know the drawing is a little rough. I don't have a full grasp
>> on Rhino yet still importing parts from Auto Cad.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> You are getting pretty good with Rhino Tony.
>> That scoop will work fine. Where is the air coming out after
>> it passes through the rads? At least as important as
>> how it gets in.
>>
>
> Paul
>
> the idea is to have the augmenter in the scoop so the exit to the
> air is going to be just under the prop flange. think of it like
> a turboprop facing backwards only instead of intake air it will
> be exhaust gas pulling air thru the front of the scoop thru a
> duct between the tires and then out the back of the airplane.
> the only thing is I'm not sure exactly how an augmenter works.
> I mean I know what it does but the shape eludes me. Kinda of
> a Brunelli thing right? I'm sure you can help me with that.
>
> Tony
>
> What are the dimensions of the duct between the tires?
>
> If you have a side view in Rhino put some dimensions
> on it and turn on dimensions in the rendering program,
> render it and up load it to us. Same for a top view.
> That way we can check scale and figure other dimensions.
>
> -- > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
> Does not look like you have a whole heck of a lot of
> room to get much air past that landing gear.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


>Tony

It looks like you have the landing brake covered by the gear.  I find you
really need that landing brake to get slowed down on landing or you use a
lot of runway.

I don't think you need a large air intake.  The prop helps pull a lot of air
through the cowling on my Long Ez.   My setup has  a NACA on the belly and
one small intake on the top right cowling for my radiators.  The oil cooler
has a scoop on the lower left cowling.  No cooling problems after first 5
hours of flight testing.

Mike Perry
N981MP
Long Ez
Mazda 13B


Mike

that's great !

I don't think I'm going to be needing an airbrake. When I open the
gear doors and the gear come out, I thnk it's going to be pretty
dragy anyway it should slow me down.

Tony

I never use the airbrake. It gives a turbulent ride and it's all or nothing.
If I need to loose altitude I push out both rudders. I can control the
amount applied, it's a smooth ride, and I can remove it all just before
touch down to reduce the descent rate. If I build another EZ or Cozy I
won't even bother to install it.

Perry


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