REFLECTOR: Insulation?

doug.holub at tx.rr.com doug.holub at tx.rr.com
Sun Jun 22 09:57:12 CDT 2008


I've got a little fiberfrax left over from the firewall. I thought I'd wrap some of that around the gear leg, and then cover it with .015" aluminum sheet metal.

Doug Holub
---- Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote: 
> Seems like we could put some kind of insulating thin material between 
> the leg and the axle. no?  Not eliminate but reduce the flow of heat 
> from the axle into the gear leg.
> 
> I have some insulation tape but i'm not sure how well it would function 
> under compression.
> 
> there must be a hard thin substance that could cut, 20,30, even 40% of 
> the heat transmission. 
> 
> I have 450 hours on my V with no heat problems, but I wouldn't mind a 
> little more insurance.
> 
> Scott
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