REFLECTOR: Titanium Firewall

[John Tvedte]

Alex,
 
Perhaps you mixed units...?
 
Melting point of Ti (affected by specific alloy) - is approx. 1668C - 3034F - so 400+F higher than SS.
 
Density of Ti - is approx. .16 lb/cu in vs. .285 for SS (316 alloy) - approx. 56% lighter than SS.
 
BTW - when I ordered my engine install kit - I asked Velocity if they would sell it without the SS - sure not a problem - they took the $ off the price of the kit too.
 
John

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org on behalf of Alex Balic
Sent: Tue 5/15/2007 9:18 AM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Titanium Firewall



I am not sure what the advantage would be unless you already happen to have
a big sheet lying around (free) - weight savings would be minor, and the
Titanium will melt about 1000 degrees sooner than the stainless (1600f vs
2600f) in addition, the thermal conductivity of Ti is higher than stainless
as well- not to mention that it is extremely expensive. I suppose the big
plus would be the hanger-talk factor.



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