THE FINAL TAKEOFF PLATE

Like I said in the prior post, I had someone scan the profile, replicate it in CAD and machine it out for a perfect result. I then bought a 1" aluminum elbow mandrel bent.

The elbow is made by HPS: HPS 1" 90 Degree Bend 6061 Aluminum Tubing 16 Gauge w/ 6" Leg & 1.5" CLR

I bought mine from Amazon since I have free shipping with Prime: Amazon.com: HPS (AT90-100-CLR-15) 1" 16-Gauge 90° Bend 6061-T6 Aluminum Elbow Tubing: Automotive




This Saturday I went to a local fabricator I've been using for all sorts of projects and had the elbow TIG welded to the plate.



Used a rattle can of Rustoleum High Heat flat black for a clean finish.



Here's the new plate installed with a measure of the length of the tangent.




THE HOSES

I'm still struggling a bit with finding the proper hoses. For now, I'm using a length of heater hose. It runs $3 per foot so it's cheap, but I'm unsure of its resistance to oil. We'll cross that bridge once we get there.

For anyone reference the two hoses are 23" and 29.5" long respectively.



Update 4/22/2015: sgrice found some great hoses the appear to be precisely what is needed for this job. Read about below at #20 or click here -> http://www.xoutpost.com/1035221-post20.html

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