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    Tuft Testing Criteria

    Is there any criteria for the tuft length, and proximity to one another? One source said 3", and another said 5". One source said the tufts should be far enough away from each other to avoid interaction. Thanks
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    Oil Cooler Outflow to Heat Muff for Cabin Heat?

    Turns out one of the faster RV-8 flyers, John Huft, has been using this set-up for the last two years, with no bad effects. On a related note, does a dedicated heat muff, with no internal muffler, have to enclose the exhaust pipe? Wouldn't it get very hot if it was simply clamped to the...
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    Oil Cooler Outflow to Heat Muff for Cabin Heat?

    I have a 180 h.p. BD-4. I changed to a crossover exhaust. One of the pipes is near the outflow of the oil cooler and the cabin heat air box. The oil cooler takes it's cooling air via a SCAT tube from the back wall of the baffles. Could I run that air thru the cooler, the heat muff, and to the...
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    Modify Turbojet To Turbofan?

    Okay, the Marbore was a bad example. What about the GE T58? I read more about how P&W modified an engine to a turbofan by using the fan section from a larger engine and making a case around it. It was a good story, basically a P&W rep told Rolls Royce P&W already had a turbofan, then he went...
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    Modify Turbojet To Turbofan?

    Would it be possible to convert a small turbojet, say a Turbomeca Marbore, into a turbofan? Apparently the first fans were modified turbojets. P&W made kits to convert one of their jets to a fan. The GE90 apparently uses carbon fiber blades in the fan section of the engine. I'm not talking...
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