[FC] Interesting Development - Brake MC

[Diane and Bob Galli]

    These are the sheetmetal plates that go over the forward part of the
outlet of the air inlet in the engine compartment. If you have big a gaping
holes for the air to enter the engine compartment, someone has already
removed the baffles.
       Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patten Del R Civ AFRL/PKP" <Del.Patten@kirtland.af.mil>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:07 AM
Subject: RE: [FC] Interesting Development - Brake MC


>   what baffles are we talking about Bob...don't have my assembly manual
with
> me...??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane and Bob Galli [mailto:rdgalli@tcsn.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:03 PM
> To: corvanatics@corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [FC] Interesting Development - Brake MC
>
>
> Jim Davis wrote:
>
> For instance on 12-30-60 the engine compartment side rail
> > baffles were approved for installation.
> > Jim Davis
> >
>       Many years ago I found out what these baffles were for.
>          Diane had gone to Northern California on her annual Christmas
tree
> run. I had to stay home and work. She called me from Mt. Shasta City, said
> the GB was running badly. No power. I said "start it and let me hear it
run"
> (my hearing was better in those days). I could hear it on the phone,
sounded
> OK. She said it is OK now. She went on. Later I figured it was icing.
>         Then, the thought struck me, the baffles. They are to mix the cold
> incoming air with the warm air from the engine.  Put the baffles in, never
> happened again.
>
>         Bob
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