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


  Not much metalworking at TT, they have a lathe, drill press, bandsaw and a tiny bending brake. For any tig welding we can get it done in Gainesville by the guy who does the rest of TT's work that they don't do in-house,
  Alex


  When the time comes we can remove the soob from the motor mount and take the mount into gainesille so he can weld the nose gear brace tubes.
I will fab the necessary brackets and bring them with me.
  You should also start thinking about the oil pan. I have a guy out here that can do a good job on an oil pan with rear motor mount welded on.
  Paul Lamar



  Hi Paul, I'd be happy to go ahead on having the oil pan made up, please let me know the cost and shipping and I'll
  arrange a cheque if that's ok

  Alex

Just trying to plan ahead.
OK alex I will work on it.
Does anybody else need an oil pan.
It will look something like this.

But better welding. This one was welded by an amateur.
Perfectly functional but lacking cosmetics. The guy I have in mind to weld it is an artist.

8 quarts to delay oil overheating on take off.

We will make a lexan drilling template from the oil pan that is on your RX8 engine now.

Paul Lamar


Paul:

I am interested in an oil pan.  Approx cost before I decide ?

2004 RX8 / renesis.

Kevin DeVore

Depends on how many we get made. I'll get back to you when a bit more time has passed. Anybody else ?

Paul Lamar


I would even be cool with a parts kit. All cut to print, ready to weld, ships nice and flat, weld meself.
C. Smith

How many want a parts kit? Can you bend Craig ? I was thinking about making
the bottom on piece and bending up the walls.

Paul Lamar

Depends, on how many and where. Improvisation is what homebuilders do best. Two parallel on one piece of stock, sure. Two bends at 90 one piece of stock, iffy. past that is pro shop work. What is the thickness of the stock? (6061 T-6 right)
C. Smith

OK we can supply the bends as there are 4 and 90 degrees to each other. Good point. The mat of choice is 5052 as it bends and tig welds well.

Paul Lamar