REFLECTOR: Turning vanes

[Scott Derrick]

They are not wide enough.  The vanes I put in were about 6 inches wide
at the widest edge.  The duct turns in two directions, down and to the
right looking aft. so the inboard edge of the vanes are longer than the
outboard edge.  Almost two to one.

Its not that much aluminum.  less than a square foot for 3 vanes, I used
something around 18 gauge. pretty thin and light. You could probably
make some flat layups of bid and use that. even lighter than aluminum.

Scott

Brainard, Jerry wrote:
> Just a question.  Would the shape of old style Venetian blinds work as
> turning vanes?  Either directly or as molds for composite lay-ups to be
> used as vanes?  Just thought they have the general shape.  Maybe not.
> 
> 
> - jerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Dave Philipsen
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 6:25 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Turning vanes
> 
> Thanks for the pictures, Scott.  I get the idea now.
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Derrick wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> --
> Dave Philipsen
> Velocity STD-FG
> N83DP
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