Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:13:01 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.82] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b1) with ESMTP id 2081529 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:48:36 -0500 Received: from mail3.carolina.rr.com (fe3 [24.93.67.50]) by ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2KMibgG005799 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:44:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from o7y6b5 ([24.25.85.21]) by mail3.carolina.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:46:22 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <00f001c2ef33$c9c50ca0$1702a8c0@WorkGroup> From: "Ed Anderson" X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Attn: Ernest Re: [FlyRotary] Re: weird cooling ideas, part 1 X-Original-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:54:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 That is my biggest worry about the whole thing, Ed. I could possibly > use two, plumbed in parallel (I have plenty of space for that), or I may > just have to scrap the whole idea. Basically, though, I'm working off > th idea that a thinner radiator with a larger surface area will have an > efficiency advantage and require less radiator volume for the same > amount of cooling. > > Unfortunately, I have a lot of time to work on this part of the project. > > (Wishing I could fly to Sun-N-Fun THIS year) > > Say Ernest, read the recent report by Todd on the Ford Evaporator cores. It appears from his coolant flow tests that the Ford evaporator core actually flow more coolant than the GM cores he tested. This is in contrast to the results of the article in Contact! I mentioned earlier. Therefore, my cautioning folks about not using Ford cores based on that article appears to be in error. Just wanted you to know. Ed Anderson