REFLECTOR: Engine failure causes

[Brian Michalk]

I have fixed gear, and am wondering if I should maybe vent just in front
of the landing gear leg?

This would be a high pressure area, and matches the number of proposed
vents.

Jim Agnew wrote:
> Brian, I have a large bore aluminum manifold mounted as high as I can
> get it on the inside of the engine bulkhead with 5 ports.  Two ports go
> to the tanks, one to the sump, and the remaining two go to two separate
> SS 3/8" pipes about 8" apart that go thru the bottom of the hull under
> the gear.  The pipes are cut at an angle with the angle forward to get a
> little ram air and have a 1/8" hole in the back just above the angle in
> case of freezing or plugging.  The reason for two was redundancy since
> each is more than adequate.
>  
> Jim
>  
> 
> James F. Agnew
> 
> Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com <mailto:Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com>
> 
> Tampa, FL
> 
> Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
> 
> 
> 
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> *From:* John Tvedte <johnt at comp-sol.com>
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2009 2:16:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: Engine failure causes
> 
> Brian,
> 
>  
> 
> I know when I was at the factory this Jan., and saw two high HP (turbo)
> setups they were working on in the builders center, I asked about the
> vent line... as they had them run up to the top of the fuselage, and
> then forward about a foot or so, and then loop back and then down.  I
> was told that the high angle of attack that the high power allows can
> overwhelm the factory vent system.  Both systems also had the check
> valve to vent from the cabin.
> 
>  
> 
> John
> 
> 
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