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Old 03-17-2018, 05:40 AM
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Congrats! Did you do the 90 degree elbow with Rods stuff?
Yes I did use the 90 (thereabouts) elbow, but I modified mine to take out the yaw angle to line the bore up with the longitudinal axis of the engine. When I get home tonight, I'll try and post pictures of the Ram Air install for reference. I also have a machine shop here to rework the elbow for others at a reasonable price too.
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Old 03-17-2018, 06:06 AM
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Larry,
Congratulations on a job well done. I knew you were close to the final event when I saw you last. I remember when you started; It does not seem like 4 years. You have done a great job building. Fantastic airplane.
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Old 03-17-2018, 07:01 AM
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Looks like a dream machine.
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Old 03-17-2018, 09:04 AM
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Congratulations Larry! Beautiful airplane, can’t wait to see it fly.
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Old 03-17-2018, 09:36 AM
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Congratulations! She?s beautiful. Just opened my box Thursday...
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Old 03-17-2018, 11:09 AM
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Default Very Nice!!!!!!

I too found the FAA inspector nice, professional, and helpful.

I'm jealous!! Aerosport did not send me a Christmas card.. and I have about every Aerosport accessory they sell..

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Old 03-17-2018, 06:30 PM
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Looks great Larry! Tell me more about your "Rod Bower Inlet" please. Thanks.
Mike: here are a series of pictures to explain most of it. The first thing I did was to modify the elbow to get rid of an offset to realign the opening with the longitudinal axis of the engine.




I also had to modify the bottom cowl for the larger scoop/snout. The directions/videos are on Rod Bowers web site. You might also notice that I used the electrically actuated cowl flaps instead of the Van's louvers openings.











Heres everything mounted.


















Here's everything together and painted. If it gets me an inch, or better of manifold pressure at altitude, it will be worth it. I've read that you can actually feel & hear a difference in the engine when you open the inlet in flight.


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Old 03-17-2018, 07:09 PM
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Congrats!!! Can?t wait to hear about the first flight
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Old 03-17-2018, 10:37 PM
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Great pictures Larry! Some added info, Rod now has a spacer that fits between the servo and the elbow to give it that 3% turn back to centerline. Also he now makes them with a more rectangle filter inlet hole. I sent my can back and he made the changes for $100. The idea is it’s a more efficient filtered air system I guess.

Your scoop looks great!
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Old 03-18-2018, 04:53 AM
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Oh boy. One great looking airplane you build yourself there! Thanks for sharing
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