---------------------------------------------------------- RV4-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/23/06: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:26 PM - Re: Sidewall Vent Location (Charlie England) 2. 01:15 PM - Re: Sidewall Vent Location >Battery to firewall (Steve Sampson) 3. 02:06 PM - Re: Sidewall Vent Location (Steve Mullins) 4. 09:19 PM - Re: Sidewall Vent Location (rob ray) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:26:46 PM PST US From: Charlie England Subject: Re: RV4-List: Sidewall Vent Location --> RV4-List message posted by: Charlie England Steven Mullins wrote: >--> RV4-List message posted by: "Steven Mullins" > > >Thanks Charlie. I will place the back seat vent where you suggest. Do >you have any suggestions for the front vent local? > >Steven D. Mullins PhD. >Associate Professor of Economics >Breech School of Business Administration and Economics >"Preparing Ethical Leaders for the Global Business Community" >Liberty & Security Convo: http://www.drury.edu/post911 >Drury University: http://www.drury.edu >Sustainability Speakers Series: >http://www.drury.edu/sustainability > >417.873.7299 > My front seat vent is a naca below the right cheek & just aft of the firewall, plumbed to a 2" eyeball just below the rt side of the instrument panel. Adequate flow but requires scat tube & eyeball. If I were doing it for the 1st time I'd consider a 'push out' vent below the canopy rail longeron & more or less in line with the instrument panel (just aft of the panel bulkhead). Lighter, less work, cheaper, etc. Might get a little heat from air leakage past the cowl/firewall intersection, though; some have reported a couple of degrees difference in OAT probe readings in that neighborhood vs. out in the wing. It's nice to own one built by someone else; it gives you all kinds of ideas on what works & what doesn't when you're building your own. I'm looking now at moving the battery from the 'tunnel' to the firewall. It would free up a lot of storage, & every cu. in. counts in a -4. Sorry for the tardy reply. Charlie 601-879-9596 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:15:10 PM PST US From: "Steve Sampson" Subject: Re: RV4-List: Sidewall Vent Location >Battery to firewall --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Sampson" Charlie - have you thought HOW you are going to mount the battery on the firewall? I am struggling. If you have a picture/description of a well implemented solution I would be interested. Thanks, Steve. Building #4478 UK ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:25 PM > --> RV4-List message posted by: Charlie England > > Steven Mullins wrote: > >>--> RV4-List message posted by: "Steven Mullins" >> >> Thanks Charlie. I will place the back seat vent where you suggest. Do >>you have any suggestions for the front vent local? >> >>Steven D. Mullins PhD. >>Associate Professor of Economics >>Breech School of Business Administration and Economics "Preparing Ethical >>Leaders for the Global Business Community" >>Liberty & Security Convo: http://www.drury.edu/post911 >>Drury University: http://www.drury.edu >>Sustainability Speakers Series: >>http://www.drury.edu/sustainability >> 417.873.7299 >> > > My front seat vent is a naca below the right cheek & just aft of the > firewall, plumbed to a 2" eyeball just below the rt side of the instrument > panel. Adequate flow but requires scat tube & eyeball. If I were doing it > for the 1st time I'd consider a 'push out' vent below the canopy rail > longeron & more or less in line with the instrument panel (just aft of the > panel bulkhead). Lighter, less work, cheaper, etc. Might get a little heat > from air leakage past the cowl/firewall intersection, though; some have > reported a couple of degrees difference in OAT probe readings in that > neighborhood vs. out in the wing. > > It's nice to own one built by someone else; it gives you all kinds of > ideas on what works & what doesn't when you're building your own. I'm > looking now at moving the battery from the 'tunnel' to the firewall. It > would free up a lot of storage, & every cu. in. counts in a -4. > > Sorry for the tardy reply. > > Charlie > > 601-879-9596 > > > http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV4-List > http://wiki.matronics.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System > on behalf of the London Business School community. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:06:59 PM PST US From: "Steve Mullins" Subject: RE: RV4-List: Sidewall Vent Location --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Mullins" Hi Charlie, Thanks for the tip. I love the idea of moving the battery forward. That would help my weight and balance. I have the 0-290 up front and am currently limited to less that 160 in the rear seat. Let me know how the battery relocation goes... Steven D. Mullins Associate Professor of Economics Co-director 06-07 Convocation Series: http://www.drury.edu/post911 "Preparing ethical leaders for the global business community" The Breech School of Business Administration Drury University 417.889.5609 (Home) 417.873.7299 (Office) -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Charlie England Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:25 PM --> RV4-List message posted by: Charlie England --> Steven Mullins wrote: >--> RV4-List message posted by: "Steven Mullins" > > >Thanks Charlie. I will place the back seat vent where you suggest. Do >you have any suggestions for the front vent local? > >Steven D. Mullins PhD. >Associate Professor of Economics >Breech School of Business Administration and Economics "Preparing >Ethical Leaders for the Global Business Community" >Liberty & Security Convo: http://www.drury.edu/post911 >Drury University: http://www.drury.edu >Sustainability Speakers Series: >http://www.drury.edu/sustainability > >417.873.7299 > My front seat vent is a naca below the right cheek & just aft of the firewall, plumbed to a 2" eyeball just below the rt side of the instrument panel. Adequate flow but requires scat tube & eyeball. If I were doing it for the 1st time I'd consider a 'push out' vent below the canopy rail longeron & more or less in line with the instrument panel (just aft of the panel bulkhead). Lighter, less work, cheaper, etc. Might get a little heat from air leakage past the cowl/firewall intersection, though; some have reported a couple of degrees difference in OAT probe readings in that neighborhood vs. out in the wing. It's nice to own one built by someone else; it gives you all kinds of ideas on what works & what doesn't when you're building your own. I'm looking now at moving the battery from the 'tunnel' to the firewall. It would free up a lot of storage, & every cu. in. counts in a -4. Sorry for the tardy reply. Charlie 601-879-9596 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:19:05 PM PST US From: rob ray Subject: RE: RV4-List: Sidewall Vent Location I Moved my Odessey PC680 to the firewall 2 years ago. Works great, shortens the electical lines adds a forward glovebox where the battery used to be (I hinged the cover) and helps CG, a win-win... Rob Ray Steve Mullins wrote: --> RV4-List message posted by: "Steve Mullins" Hi Charlie, Thanks for the tip. I love the idea of moving the battery forward. That would help my weight and balance. I have the 0-290 up front and am currently limited to less that 160 in the rear seat. Let me know how the battery relocation goes... Steven D. Mullins Associate Professor of Economics Co-director 06-07 Convocation Series: http://www.drury.edu/post911 "Preparing ethical leaders for the global business community" The Breech School of Business Administration Drury University 417.889.5609 (Home) 417.873.7299 (Office) -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-rv4-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Charlie England Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:25 PM --> RV4-List message posted by: Charlie England --> Steven Mullins wrote: >--> RV4-List message posted by: "Steven Mullins" > > >Thanks Charlie. I will place the back seat vent where you suggest. Do >you have any suggestions for the front vent local? > >Steven D. Mullins PhD. >Associate Professor of Economics >Breech School of Business Administration and Economics "Preparing >Ethical Leaders for the Global Business Community" >Liberty & Security Convo: http://www.drury.edu/post911 >Drury University: http://www.drury.edu >Sustainability Speakers Series: >http://www.drury.edu/sustainability > >417.873.7299 > My front seat vent is a naca below the right cheek & just aft of the firewall, plumbed to a 2" eyeball just below the rt side of the instrument panel. Adequate flow but requires scat tube & eyeball. If I were doing it for the 1st time I'd consider a 'push out' vent below the canopy rail longeron & more or less in line with the instrument panel (just aft of the panel bulkhead). Lighter, less work, cheaper, etc. Might get a little heat from air leakage past the cowl/firewall intersection, though; some have reported a couple of degrees difference in OAT probe readings in that neighborhood vs. out in the wing. It's nice to own one built by someone else; it gives you all kinds of ideas on what works & what doesn't when you're building your own. I'm looking now at moving the battery from the 'tunnel' to the firewall. It would free up a lot of storage, & every cu. in. counts in a -4. Sorry for the tardy reply. Charlie 601-879-9596 ---------------------------------