There have been several threads that mention the Arizona Baffle but not very many pictures. Thought I'd start a specific thread with some new pics plus ask a question or two. This came about yesterday as I was visiting with a fellow DA40 owner (2002 model) who had purchased the Arizona baffle from Diamond. His shop looked at the baffle and looked at the plane and said they look the same. So the shop did not install the baffle.
Q. Does the original baffle and the Arizona Baffle look very similar?
.
.
.
.
I'm very curious about this last pic which shows the current front right cowl inlet. This does not look like (disregard the paint) any I've seen and my plane is out of town so I can't go look at it. There is 3/8" to 1/2" lip where my finger is which really could be opened up.
Q. Could it be that the AZ baffle was installed but the opening not properly cared for?
-Can someone add a pic here of their opening (AZ Baffle) for comparison?
Cooling: Arizona Baffle
Moderators: Rick, Lance Murray
- Rich
- 5 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 4592
- Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
- First Name: Rich
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N40XE
- Airports: S39 Prineville OR
- Has thanked: 145 times
- Been thanked: 1180 times
Re: Cooling: Arizona Baffle
Here's a picture of mine. The opening is about 25% larger in diameter than original, which yields a 56% increase in opening area. The picture you show is a substandard installation.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
- Steve
- 5 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 1953
- Joined: Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:23 am
- First Name: Steve
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N432SC
- Airports: 1T7
- Has thanked: 81 times
- Been thanked: 493 times
Re: Cooling: Arizona Baffle
I agree with Rich. That opening was done... poorly.
According to the engineering drawing for the Arizona baffle, the cowl opening should be enlarged to a circular opening with a diameter of 102 mm +/-2 mm (so, basically 4 inches in diameter).
Steve
According to the engineering drawing for the Arizona baffle, the cowl opening should be enlarged to a circular opening with a diameter of 102 mm +/-2 mm (so, basically 4 inches in diameter).
Steve
- Rich
- 5 Diamonds Member
- Posts: 4592
- Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
- First Name: Rich
- Aircraft Type: DA40
- Aircraft Registration: N40XE
- Airports: S39 Prineville OR
- Has thanked: 145 times
- Been thanked: 1180 times
Re: Cooling: Arizona Baffle
This installation looks really botched. It appears to leave a gap above the baffle intake allowing air to escape outside the baffle altogether. It'd be interesting to know just who did the installation. These were generally field installations in the 2002 models.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5