During my last testing session It ran 106 seconds with not damage, but
some of my seals leaked.
My post on the problem with video clips:
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While its not shown well on the linked drawing there are 10 screws
spaced evenly around the motor holding the bottom end in.
After disassembling the motor I determined that the o-ring had
little notches ligned up with the screw holes, so the oring extruded into
the screw hole openings on assembly and was damaged.
I'm rebuilding the asssembly and I was thinking that I could retain the bottom
end
with an external screw cap so the oring never saw anything but smooth metal.
This is a long way of getting to my question:
I have a 0.125 inch thick aluminum tube 2.5" OD.
I want to make a threaded aluminum cap that threads over the outside to retian
my copper throat.
I can't have more than 0.24 inches of thread or it interpheres with my fuel feed
lines.
The aluminum tube is fuel cooled so it will stay cool, less than 100C.
What thread depth and TPI would you reccomend for maximum strength?
This will see as much as 1200 lbs of contininous force with possible shock loads
on a hard start
of 2X that.
Paul