Cotton AeroVee 0795

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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:48 am

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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Area 51% » Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:51 am

Yep..........just like that.
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:20 pm

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Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:03 pm

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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby bvolcko38 » Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:12 am

Are those your intake manifolds? Did you modify them with that notch?
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:30 am

bvolcko38 wrote:Are those your intake manifolds? Did you modify them with that notch?

Yes to both
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
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Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Aug 24, 2024 12:16 am

Heads back on:
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 25, 2024 6:48 pm

My new heads had smaller intake ports than the old ones. Look at that sharp corner.
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I rotated the engine until the intakes were closed, jammed the ports full of paper towels and blue tape, then went at it with the Dremel and file.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 25, 2024 6:53 pm

The intake tube did not line up with the GPAS manifolds. Not that they lined up great with the stock manifolds but it was unworkable. So I cut an inch out of both sides, down low.
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Now I have more degrees of freedom:
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Next up: modify the baffles for the new intake location.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
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Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton AeroVee 0795

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:55 pm

Here is the difference in manifolds as shown on the baffle:
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Hacked out:
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I made a ring. 1.5" holesaw for the ID, 2.5" holesaw for the OD.
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Once the silicone adapter slides down, the inside of the ring is sealed and the outside seals the oblong hole in the baffle.
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Next up: extra credit baffle tweaks. I want to really go after good cooling.
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Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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