Vision prototype photo

Vision prototype photo
This is the Vision prototype designed/built by Steve Rahm in USA. and still being supported by Pro Composites Ltd. in USA. The aircraft is a 2 seat side by side, scratch built from a series of manuals. Built entirely of fiberglass and carbon cloth material the builder needs to know or learn some of the easy basics of composite construction. Building began Feb. 1998 in my spare time with 7 years where no building was possible. Building Hours at February 28, 2022: 4248.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some short videos of flights are at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxJXIwvmfNlNF3gwplFw7Q

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Air Filter and Intake

October 31, 2017
I have completed building the air box system that will include the air filter. The air box is attached to my Rotec Throttle Body unit which is also a compact unit and helps to reduce the vertical space of the front lower cowling.  The original carburetor that came with the engine was about seven inches deep vertically and would have made for a poorly streamlined front engine cowling.  The air box has a  clever flapper door at the front for allowing heated air from a heat muff into the intake when required.  The door on the hot air intake closes off the ram fresh air, maximizing the hot air volume.

October 15, 2017
 Building up the air box system.  The kit is from Vans aircraft which is used on most of their various aircraft.  I like the system because it is compact and yet allows ram air and a real good K&N oiled filter.  this is a one time purchase round filter which can be used over and over by cleaning and re-oiling.  They are widely used on numerous performance cars.  It took a bit of time for me to build up the kit but am very happy with the final product.



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