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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"
color=#0000ff>Gray.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Thanks for sharing your observations and stating them as accurately as you
could. I don't perceive any of your post on this to be slamming a given product
but pointing out some of the issues that do occur when people make C.F. choices
for pipes. I myself can't justify using one on my 4 cycles but will use them on
my 2 cycles. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff> This
sharing is one of the very reason I stay active and support the NSRCA. Thanks
for doing more than your share.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Del K. Rykert<BR> AMA - 8928
<BR> NSRCA - 473<BR> Kb2joi -
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gfowler@raytheon.com href="mailto:gfowler@raytheon.com">Gray E
Fowler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 26, 2003 6:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Composite Pipe Repair</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Ed</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>I was the person who change the subject of the original
post, because in no way was I trying to single out any supplier, my comments
were in general as there are several composite pipe suppliers on the market,
and in my locale about half fail at the inlet tube due to high temperature.
Bolly got my kudos simply because they do not sand the outside of the pipe,
and I have never seen a burned out Bolly pipe, granted only about 10 that I
have seen. And as far as the sanding goes, I think I was pretty accurate in
describing where that requirement came from, and I still disagree with the
practice on such a thin structure, but as you have stated, to sell pipes it is
a requirement.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I have never owned one
of your pipes, but what I have seen has always been very light weight,
excellent appearance (for what its worth), and good engine performance. I also
know that more than 2% of the people that I know use your pipe in my area
experience failure at the inlet, because somehow word gets around and they
bring it to me to see if I can fix it. My point of the whole post was to
attempt to educate people as to the difficulties of making a pipe that is
affordable, looks good cuz it soooo important, is lightweight and durable. If
your pipes had one flaw it was durability when</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>1. The header was not just right.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>2. The operator had a lean run</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>3. One of those in combination with a hot day-no
cooling.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>By switching to a higher
temp resin and process you obviously made a move in the right direction, and
fixed the one weakness, however small, of your pipes. In my opinion, nothing I
posted was incorrect nor misleading, simply my observations of the composite
pipes in general.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Principal Chemical
Engineer<BR>Composites Engineering</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>