rvmills
Well Known Member
Sure....ride along for an NTPS triangle in the early AM.
We talked about this before. No VNE plus in midday rough air for me.....sorta like "Never fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime".
I certainly respect that choice Dan...though I might go over or around a thunderstorm, even in combat (or make the bad guy fly through it! )
FWIW, most of the SARL races are in the morning glass, or at least attempt to be. WOT and VNE+ not required...good nav and turn technique exercise as well, followed by a good BBQ, etc. Just wanted to present the other face of SARL...not a bunch of VNE+ cowboys. And all respect that choice, for sure!
Maybe a $100 burger somewhere, sometime, eh!
OK, back to the inlet shape and placement topic...
For those that know, or have used one or both types of inlets: Do you see any reason the same airbox and connection to the throttle body could not be used for my experiment of swapping out round and smily inlets?
My concept it to have the hole in the cowl with a flange on its perimeter with nutplates. Shape each inlet to drop into place on the flange, and screw into place. I figure the airbox would be connected to the back of each inlet, and the assembly gets slid into the flanged opening, with the fiberglass tube from the back of the airbox being pressed to fit into the silicone hose or sceet tube that is mounted to the throttle body. From discussions with Mark, the picture in my mind is that the silicone or sceet tube is held in place on the throttle body with a hose clamp, but the airbox side is an interference or press fit. Now the Q's:
1. Is that an airtight enough fit (the side that is the press to fit)?
2. Would that press to fit on one side concept work with the silicone hose?
3. Any issues with the same airbox being interchangeable with two inlets?
An alternative would be to have a second access panel that could be off for installation, so the front connection of the silicone or sceet tube could also be clamped (like Lee has with his fixed inlet, though this would be added to each removable inlet, or right behind the forward hole in the cowl). Not sure, but seems like a lot of nutplates and panels...still trying to get a good conceptual picture of this. Getting arts in hand and a little sitting on the ground below the cowl cyphering away will help, I'm sure!
Thoughts?
Cheers,
Bob
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