Cooling Air Ducting; 1) General Directives For Ducting Of The Cooling Air - Rotax 914 F Installation Manual

12.8) Cooling air ducting

Contrary to the cylinder heads, the cylinders are ram air cooled. Plan cooling air ducting
according to installation requirement.
WARNING: The cooling air ducting has to be designed and built such, that the operating

12.8.1) General directives for ducting of the cooling air

See illustration 2/3/4.
For front installation in a closed fuselage, ducting of cooling air to the cylinders is
recommended. In this case a costly horizontal partitioning can be avoided.
BOMBARDIER-ROTAX developed especially for this application a non-certified
cooling air ducting.
WARNING: Certification to the latest requirement like FAR or JAR has to be
The following recommendations should assist the aircraft builder at the plan-
ning of a suitable cooling air ducting.
The cooling air ducting to be adequate to transfer thermal energy of c. 6 kW (5,7
BTU/s) at take-off power.
required cross section of air duct:
material:
glass fibre reinforced plastic or heat resistant non-inflammable material.
attachment:
formlocking on engine case and cylinders
NOTE:
attachment
points
ATTENTION: The stated limit loads are valid only at utilization of min specified
Date
Page
1996 05 10
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temperatures are kept within the specified limits, warranted even at hot day
conditions.
conducted by the aircraft builder.
In case formlocking attachment won`t be adequate, additional at-
tachment is possible on two tapped lugs M8 on top side of engine.
A x e s
x axis y axis
- 3 0 0 , 0 - 3 0 , 0
- 3 0 0 , 0 3 0 , 0
thread length, and must never be exceeded.
Depth of thread 18 mm (11/16").
Install
914 F
at least 100 cm
max. allowable forces (limit
load) in (N) in x, y and z axis
max. allowable bending moment
z axis
(limit load) in (Nm) in x, y and
z axis
- 1 4 , 0
min. length of thread engagement
- 1 4 , 0
( m m )
Reference
2 (16 in 2 )
attachment points
2 000
5 0
1 5
Modification-No.
- 0 -