dwdw47
07-15-2014, 01:23 PM
Hi: I have a friend that is building a plane designed by a farmer 60 years ago.
The engine is from a model T, max speed 75 mph .
The original plans has a sliding cable with a pin that locks the oil filler cap, that is screwed on. He has changed that, not wanting the tube to stick out of the cowling. The change is to use a non threaded plug design with just 2 "o"rings for a friction fit without the cabled pin as a lock. My view is that the filler plug could come out from vibration or just the air going past it, Bernoulli's principle. I have an engineering back round and have used redundant safety wires and cotter pins on many fasteners in the printing industry.
He wants to fly to every state a write a book on his adventure. I just want his experimental plane to make every trip being as safe as humanly possible.
Any advice would be greatly accepted.
Thank You for listening.
dwdw47
The engine is from a model T, max speed 75 mph .
The original plans has a sliding cable with a pin that locks the oil filler cap, that is screwed on. He has changed that, not wanting the tube to stick out of the cowling. The change is to use a non threaded plug design with just 2 "o"rings for a friction fit without the cabled pin as a lock. My view is that the filler plug could come out from vibration or just the air going past it, Bernoulli's principle. I have an engineering back round and have used redundant safety wires and cotter pins on many fasteners in the printing industry.
He wants to fly to every state a write a book on his adventure. I just want his experimental plane to make every trip being as safe as humanly possible.
Any advice would be greatly accepted.
Thank You for listening.
dwdw47