ORIGINAL: oldmodman
While I was searching for info on FOD screens I came across an old post by LUGEBOB.
He had made his own FOD screen out of a pencil holder. It was about seven times the surface area of a normal FOD screen.
Since I am only running a P-80 would there be any benefit to making something like that myself?
The P-80 will be used in a scale model of Craig Breedlove''s "Spirit of America" Jet Car.
It will be appx four feet long and weigh appx 45 pounds. The air intakes will be from two inches to six inches
off the ground. Since the P-80 and any FOD svreen will be totally hidden inside the bodywork. I am not worried about appearance.
I may even fit screen over the inside of entire air intake section. Is there a formula that I can lug my sq. in. numbers into?
Sorry this response got "canned" in the last few days of trouble on RCU.
lugebob is running a P-200, and as of now, there is no FOD screen commercially available that will not negatively affect the performance of a P-200.
lugebob''s application (the name says it all!) allowed him to experiment and come up with an innovative and quite effective "homebrew" solution.
As for your P-80, there are commercial sources (Tamjets, DreamworksRC, JetCat USA) that can provide you with a very effective FOD screen that should work well in your application.
Hope that helps,