More on Engine Oil Cooling

It’s Deja Vu all over again. I swore that we wouldn’t fly with these soft aluminum tubes again, and here we are about to do it. So, a couple of things, we’ve studied carefully how you’re supposed to insure that your flares are good. Secondly, if we find that the larger hard tubing does give […]

Engine Exhast Pipe Wrapping

I’m just now posting pictures of it, but here is out exhaust wrap. This seems to have helped our temperatures, but it’s hard to say for sure how much. Based on everything we’ve done, I’d say probably 10 degrees on our oil temperature. Exhaust wrap to keep from radiating heat to oil sump

NACA Vortex Generators

Here you can see where we’ve added a couple of vortex generators to each NACA to try and improve cooling to the engine. I also made tabs on my slip joints for the runners to allow us to tighten them down. NACA Vortex Generators

Vortilons

The vortilons are mounted just before we sign the airplane off for flight, since they’re so easy to break off. However it’s critical that they be installed as the prevent the sweep of the wing from allowing the high pressure air to move laterally down the wing which would hurt lift and make the wings […]

Vinyl Velocity Logos

We’re I’m applying our Velocity logos on the inside of our lower winglets. I got these from Designery online, but you can get them made at Fast Signs too. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam […]

Finished Winglet Covers

Here are the custom covers, finished, that Elizabeth’s mom was kind enough to sew up from a pattern that Linda Brainard made for us. The material is Sunbrella, so it should hold up well outside. Embroidered sock/heat shield