Dream to fly Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 I have been looking over my plane and all the comments on the ROP/LOP and without a monitor I am guessing what is really going on. I fully understand that BUT what if I build a poor mans turbo and can collectively pull forced air off the prop and funnel it into the cowl scoop. Would it not "charge" the intake a little giving me more MP. Quote
RLCarter Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 2 extra molecules of oxygen has to be better Quote
Dream to fly Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Posted July 25, 2017 Pretty sure that was used in WWII. and pretty sure in my mind that M20 F is just a P51 in disguise. 1 Quote
Skates97 Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 9 minutes ago, Dream to fly said: Pretty sure that was used in WWII. and pretty sure in my mind that M20 F is just a P51 in disguise. Someone posted this once before but I like it. 5 Quote
Dream to fly Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Posted July 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, Skates97 said: Someone posted this once before but I like it. That is so cool!!! Its too bad my wallet can't keep up with my ideas. I am so tempted to go really big. Quote
1964-M20E Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 Ok so where is that button that sheds the Mooney disguise and I have the mustang????? Quote
RLCarter Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 Not sure about Nitrous but Water Injection was used for added power Quote
Yetti Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 A Proper driven supercharger could be fun... Just a little bit longer belt. Quote
EricJ Posted July 25, 2017 Report Posted July 25, 2017 If that's really to scale it means a P-51 has no hope of fitting in my hangar. Bummer. :'( Quote
Dream to fly Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Posted July 26, 2017 Still thinking a ram air that functions or an electric turbocharger Quote
jamesm Posted July 26, 2017 Report Posted July 26, 2017 So are you say'n since Mooney is in Texas and I am told that everything is bigger in Texas. would that mean that someone from Texas needs to put a Rolls Royce Merlin in a Mooney? 1 Quote
carusoam Posted July 26, 2017 Report Posted July 26, 2017 Joe, Aren't you describing the air intake on some Mooneys... the system that bypasses the filter and gives an improvement to MP? Modern intakes did away with this charade... Go modern... Mooney was working with RR to put a turbine up front... 2008. Water injection didn't give more power. It gave internal cooling similar to extreme ROP... which allowed gigantic superchargers to stuff gobs of air into the engine. If you think rust is a problem with cams now, water injection is going to be expensive. Use caution stuffing more air into any engine. You have a good chance of sending broken fan parts into the engines intake. You are probably better off with a big button mounted on the instrument panel marked War Power... Best regards, -a- Quote
aaronk25 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 Buy a plane that has what you want. If you dramatically exceed atmospheric pressure by somehow ducting ram pressure you will most likely catch on fire. The vent hole on the side of the injector nozzle that is designed to atomized fuel at idle by bleeding in atmospheric pressure and also reduces vacuum creates due to the close throttle plate, is going to spew fuel out of it at wide open throttle and you will catch the whole damn thing on fire. By a turbo plane. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Guest paulie Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 STC it and make a small fortune. It'll take a large fortune to get the STC approved. Quote
Raptor05121 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/25/2017 at 4:13 PM, Dream to fly said: I have been looking over my plane and all the comments on the ROP/LOP and without a monitor I am guessing what is really going on. I fully understand that BUT what if I build a poor mans turbo and can collectively pull forced air off the prop and funnel it into the cowl scoop. Would it not "charge" the intake a little giving me more MP. Cessna did this on I believe some of the bigger Twins. The air intake is on the right side of the engines on the leading edge of the wing to take the downward swing of the prop, mid-span blade length from the cowling. I think someone told me it gained like 1" MP? Quote
Dream to fly Posted August 1, 2017 Author Report Posted August 1, 2017 It was a thought. Wasn't trying to reinvent the wheel just make it better. Quote
Andy95W Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/25/2017 at 8:17 PM, Dream to fly said: Still thinking a ram air that functions or an electric turbocharger Rocket Engineering did exactly what you're describing to the Missile conversion Quote
KSMooniac Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 Lopresti did it on a Piper upgrade long ago, and even got a special prop made with tabs on the inboard trailing edges that lined up with the ram air intake. IIRC the prop was even indexed so that the tabs passed the intake at an advantageous time to give an extra charge of air during the intake cycle.Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk Quote
ArtVandelay Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 You already have a head wind of 150K or so....the extra wind(pressure) from the inside of the prop I would think is marginal, I would be curious if they bother to measure it? They might have relocated the intake on the Missile to top of the engine to prevent icing. Quote
aviatoreb Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/25/2017 at 5:07 PM, Skates97 said: Someone posted this once before but I like it. That needs to be a tshirt Quote
aviatoreb Posted August 1, 2017 Report Posted August 1, 2017 37 minutes ago, Andy95W said: Rocket Engineering did exactly what you're describing to the Missile conversion What is that little hole doing? Quote
Hank Posted August 2, 2017 Report Posted August 2, 2017 44 minutes ago, aviatoreb said: That needs to be a tshirt @M20FanJesse, are you paying attention? I may have to get one of these myself . . . . . 2 Quote
Skates97 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Posted August 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Hank said: @M20FanJesse, are you paying attention? I may have to get one of these myself . . . . . I was just about to post a shout out to Jesse but you beat me to it. Quote
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