REFLECTOR: Insulation?

[John Dibble]

I think the biggest benefit, no matter what the shield material is, is
to have an air space between the shield and the leg.

John

"Brainard, Jerry" wrote:

> Al,
> I thought I read somewhere in the distant past that white was actually
> a better heat reflector than a mirrored surface.  If that is true, how
> about painting the phenolic board white?
>  - jerry
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> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]
> On Behalf Of Al Gietzen
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:50 AM
> To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Insulation?
>
>
> Always enjoy reading your input. Do  you think that a layer of
> stainless insultape material over the Bakelite stuff would add any
> reasonabel level of radiation away from the leg?
>
> Yes; I think it would. Good idea.
>
> I figured its biggest advantage was that it would insulate the gear
> leg from the heat transferred to the axle pad. Now I see that it might
> not be as big of a deal as I thought.
>
> Whatever amount of heat goes by that path will be reduced – so it can
> only help.
>
> Best,
>
> Al
>
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