I think this is covered in Tony Bengelis' books. I made a 90 bend in some tubing... (Did I use a straw? I forgot), at any rate, I made a bend facing the front, and built up an area with dry micro on my header tank. It actually looks pretty good. I'll have to snap a photo and put it up on my site.
-- Ross On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:17:18 -0500, Donald Reid <donr...@erols.com> wrote: > At 09:51 PM 3/1/2004 +0200, you wrote: >> Hi guys >> Can someone tell me if the area approx six inches ahead of the canopy on >> centre line experiences a higher than or a lower than atmospheric >> pressure.I.e is it ok to put a flush mounted vented fuel cap in that >> position? > > It will will depend on angle of attack, but in general, that area will > be at a slightly lower pressure. If it is a vented cap, it would be a > good idea to add a tube with the opening pointing into the oncoming air > to gain a small amount of ram pressure. > > > > Don Reid - donreid "at" erols.com > Bumpass, Va > > Visit my web sites at: > > AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: > http://www.eaa231.org/AeroFoil/index.htm > > KR2XL construction: http://users.erols.com/donreid/kr_page.htm > Aviation Surplus: http://users.erols.com/donreid/Airparts.htm > EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org > Ultralights: http://usua250.org > VA EAA State Fly-in: > http://vaeaa.org_______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
