Target 550 Update 198: I should have posted this earlier today, but life got in the way. One of the things that had to be done as part of getting the T-550 streamliner ready to run was fabricating mounting plates for the blowers. Huge blowers. Les Davenport is shown making all of this work.
Since the blowers are rotated 90 degrees from the "normal" orientation, some method of draining any fuel left in 'em had to be created. A part of this post shows the fittings for the drains.
I keep saying this, but it's getting ever so close...I'm chewing on my fingernails, waiting to hear that they're ready to fire the motors and make a test run on a paved surface somewhere. As soon as I hear that, I'm on my way!
A shot of the gears on the ends of the rotary vanes is attached. Did I mention that these blowers are huge?
Here's the link to the update:
http://www.target550.com/gallery/198_fabrication_blower_mounting/index.html
