REFLECTOR: Turning vanes

[Scott Derrick]

Not great pictures but I managed to stick my phone into the nose of the 
airplane to get pic of each side of the oil duct.

Here's the side towards the gear.

http://www.tnstaafl.net/canards/tv_1.jpg

Heres the side away form the gear.

http://www.tnstaafl.net/canards/tv_2.jpg

What I did was remove the duct, do a micro fill & sand job on the inside 
to smooth it up. Mine was really rough  and had numerous bumps and edges 
inside..

Then carve curved matching slots in the two sides of the oil duct. Just 
thick enough to slide thin aluminum through.

Then cut out aluminum vanes. Each aluminum piece slides through both 
sides of the duct slots creating turning vanes. Slots are about 1 inch 
apart. I left tabs on the ends of the vanes that were then folded 
against the sides of the oil duct. Then a few layers of bid over the 
tabs and sides of the duct to seal the slots to the vanes and restore 
the oil ducts strength.

The shiny squares you see in the pic are the aluminum tabs

Scott

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