Stef wrote: "I am bussy to calculate the weight of the engine before I can design the engine mount. What is the everage weight of the hood or the fairings or covers around the engine. I did a small calculation and think it should be around 6 lb."
I would be surprised if the "baffling" most people use weighs more than three pounds, with two being closer to average. I know my fiberglass plenums are probably about a pound for both. My entire cowling weighs only four pounds (without paint), but it's carbon fiber and designed to be very light. By contrast, the cowling on N891JF weighs 14 pounds, made quite stout from fiberglass, with insulation built in around the exhaust (it's very tightly cowled). Baffling on N891JF weighs around two pounds, I would guess, but will weigh it next time I'm at the airport. It's thin aluminum with thin baffling silicone around the edges. The VW is far more difficult to keep air-tight than the Corvair, which has two simple surfaces to bolt a plenum onto. For those who don't know what I mean about the plenums, see http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/plenum/. Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML "at" N56ML.com www.N56ML.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: KR> weight engine fairings From: stefkr2--- via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Mon, September 28, 2015 3:12 am To: Kr net Kr net <krnet at list.krnet.org> Cc: "stefkr2 at kpnmail.nl" <stefkr2 at kpnmail.nl> KR friends, I am bussy to calculate the weight of the engine before I can design the engine mount. What is the everage weight of the hood or the fairings or covers around the engine. I did a small calculation and think it should be around 6 lb. What do you all think or what is the weight of yours. Thanks Stef -- Steph and his dad are building the KR-2S see http://www.masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2 _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
