What is recommended best practice for the firewall on a rotary, will 0.16 inch thick 301 stainless with fiberfrax be ok.
Is this combination good enough to buy time in case of accidental exhaust fracture or something along those lines

Alex


You must mean .16 mm Alex. .16 inch would buy infinity :)
It would also weigh about 30 pounds.

.016 or .020 inch SS is mostly used.

Check out the bottom of the RENL web site front page. Some of the parts are
coming in for the motor mount.

Paul Lamar


Sorry, typo, i meant to say 0.016"  The 0.16" would probably have solved the aft C of G issue though :-)

I'll stick with 0.016" stainless then,

Alex

What sort of metal working tools does Team Tango have?
Is there a tig welder person near by?
We need to mod the nose gear mount.

Paul Lamar


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