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Date:  7-2-2015
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  Section 2
Brief Description:  Naca designed and glassed. GITRDONE

After staying up to 1am this morning getting my design work put together, today was going to be fun. I started by heading out to the airport to remove the regulator and get a feel for how much room I have to install this new oil cooler of mine. Things are gonna be tight based on the belly contour I want, but I see no reason this won't look fantastic. I've always disliked the bottom fuse to cowl transition so this is going to totally fix that real quick :)
Using a thin piece of cardboard, my Naca Template (7 degree ramp angle) and a razor blade I was going to build this really nice, straight frame to inflate with X-30 Foam, but then I thought, "why use foam if the frame is perfect?" DUH. I hot glued that thing together, taped it up with the trusty DucT tape and laid her up.
Now, going back in time...I assumed I was going to have to build my own strakes per plans method, so I bought a truck load of UNI that will outlive me! So guess what this part is made of?? ;) I wanted it to be rigid but not excessively heavy either and knowing it would be installed under the hell hole, I knew it didn't have to be structural either. I therefore used 3 Plies UNI lengthwise all over for nice tight corners, and 1 ply the opposite direction on top for added stiffness. This was one of those, "I can't believe I got all this done in 4 hrs!" Moments. Ya, I love this stuff :)
The naca is designed to fully expand under strict NASA design criteria BEFORE it opens up to the oil cooler expansion chamber. It's like I married the naca and P-51 scoop to get to this. Now let's hope it works.
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Basic shape

Basic shape

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Ready for DucT

Ready for DucT

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Ready for glass

Ready for glass

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