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Exhaust exit angle and airflow

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Exhaust exit angle and airflow

There are some pretty smart folks on this forum, just figured I'd ask if anyone knows....

Does anyone know if there is a preferred angle to dump your exhaust into the airflow around the airplane? obviously this could change depending on where you are dumping (in this case, underneath the plane, out from the back/bottom of the cowl)

In other words, is there a way to pickup a little suction to help aid in scavenging exhaust from your cylinders by placing it at a certain angle? I've tried several different dumps on my homebuilt header setup and haven't noticed any difference... but it got me thinking, I wonder if there is a method that works better than another etc.

And if anyone has ever wondered what a 4 into 1 longtube setup sounds like on a big bore rotax 912 with no muffler, this would be what that sounds like :lol:
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Re: Exhaust exit angle and airflow

Most all the aircraft I've flown use 45 deg on the backside of a pipe that's perpendicular to the airflow to create the 'suction' side of vent systems. Probably would work on an exhaust pipe.
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Re: Exhaust exit angle and airflow

GravityKnight wrote:There are some pretty smart folks on this forum, just figured I'd ask if anyone knows....

Does anyone know if there is a preferred angle to dump your exhaust into the airflow around the airplane? obviously this could change depending on where you are dumping (in this case, underneath the plane, out from the back/bottom of the cowl)

In other words, is there a way to pickup a little suction to help aid in scavenging exhaust from your cylinders by placing it at a certain angle? I've tried several different dumps on my homebuilt header setup and haven't noticed any difference... but it got me thinking, I wonder if there is a method that works better than another etc.

And if anyone has ever wondered what a 4 into 1 longtube setup sounds like on a big bore rotax 912 with no muffler, this would be what that sounds like [emoji38]

To gain any scavenging you would need to dump it inside the cowl into a duct. Think extractor tube. The mass of exhaust gas need also a tube about 18" minimum to gain much. For a bush plane the exhaust angle need to keep the exhaust from sticking to the tel he boundary layer and putting exhaust into every crack and gap of the plane. 45 is a good balance between flow and drag of the exhaust plume drag.
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Re: Exhaust exit angle and airflow

Thanks guys,
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Re: Exhaust exit angle and airflow

Gravity:

First thing I would do is to giigle all searches for Exhaust AUGMENTATION tubes.

Found an old PDF proof of concept by the army in 1942,

Reading paragraph 6 or seven "(it is short two lines) on an AOPA Piper Apache review with mentions of exhaust AUGMENTATION tubes , (scavenging)? seems to cause a lower pressure which helps to extract exhaust heat..and speeds exhaust flow - minor "jet" effect allegedly.

http://www.aopa.org/Pilot-Resources/Air ... per-Apache

Once found a good support for the process on some Convair.440s.

http://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/ ... nter-vanes

Believe the local (San Jose) Google 206 runs one way back under the belly.

Could note find all the GOOD links 'I did last week,

Sorry Trim
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Re: Exhaust exit angle and airflow

dont be! this is interesting stuff, thank you for posting
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