REFLECTOR: ram air

[Pat Shea]

Okay Steve,

So assuming you didn't go out on a standard day, what
reference did you use to determine your 2" of ram?

The local barometer reading?

Your ambient MP gauge reading?

I'm running a filtered induction. Here's a realistic
scenario: The local baro setting is 30.0". With my
engine off the MP on my Vision Microsystems gauge
reads 29.0". In the run-up area at WOT the gauge reads
28.0". I think that means I have a pressure loss of 1"
across my plumbing/filter. Now, during a high speed
pass down that runway at WOT my MP gauge reads 29.0".
That means I'm getting 1" of ram pressure right - just
enough to offset my plumbing/filter losses?

It seems to me that comparing your static WOT MP
reading to your MP reading during a high speed low
pass at WOT down that runway would be the most
accurate way to determine your true ram. This way you
eliminate any errors in you MP gauge calibration and
account for any restrictions in your induction system.
  

What's funny is that I hear a lot of people talk about
ram but not how they derive it. I suspect that it's
being derived lots of different ways and therefore not
easy to compare and contrast. 

Pat

--- steve korney <s_korney at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This little chart assumes std. day  :   sea level,
> 29.92, and 59 f.
> It's what the front of the airplane is up against at
> different speeds...
> 
> In my Glasair, I see up to 2 inches of ram pressure
> on the manifold pressure 
> gauge at sea level @ 220 kts. ias....  ie. 32 inches
> of manifold pressure on 
> a std. day...
> 
> Best... Steve
> 
> 




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