Return-Path: Received: from albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2545027 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:10:29 -0400 Received: from user-2injri5.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.121.238.69] helo=Carol) by albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19r283-0000dR-00 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:10:27 -0700 Message-ID: <008201c36a84$13713740$0000a398@Carol> From: "sqpilot@earthlink" To: "flyrotary" Subject: cooling and radiators Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:09:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_007F_01C36A5A.275FDA60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01C36A5A.275FDA60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts. I received an e-mail from Al Wick, who = has a Subaru powered Cozy canard aircraft. = http://mambers.aol.com/alwick/ If you click on his website and hit the = engine link, he talks about his cooling efforts and success using a = fairly small radiator, installed just behind the NACA duct. His latest = e-mail to me confirmed that he is" using a custom radiator made by Macs = radiator. It's directly in line with the naca duct, appx 8" toward the = rear of craft, from firewall. Rad is under engine. Air just flows = straight, no turns needed. Cooling is perfect. I'm updating my web pages = now, adding cooling info. Give me a few more days" =20 The tests he did on his website are very interesting and possibly = encouraging to those of us who have a canard with a NACA duct already = installed. (Read that as not having to do a lot of work to add P-51 = style ducts, etc). Any ideas about the possible cooling differences = between a 160 hp Subaru and a 170 hp 13b? My thinking is that they = would require a radiator approximately the same size? I would appreciate any comments from other rotary builders who = might take the time to view Al's website and interpret his test results. = Thanks in advance for any replies. Paul Conner, SQ2000 with 13b=20 ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01C36A5A.275FDA60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts. I = received an=20 e-mail from Al Wick, who has a Subaru powered Cozy canard = aircraft. http://mambers.aol.com/alwick/ =20 If you click on his website and hit the engine link, he talks about his = cooling=20 efforts and success using a fairly small radiator, installed just behind = the=20 NACA duct. His latest e-mail to me confirmed that he is" using a custom = radiator=20 made by Macs radiator. It's directly in line with the naca duct, appx 8" = toward=20 the rear of craft, from firewall. Rad is under engine. Air just flows = straight,=20 no turns needed. Cooling is perfect. I'm updating my web pages now, = adding=20 cooling info. Give me a few more days"

The = tests he did on=20 his website are very interesting and possibly encouraging to those of us = who=20 have a canard with a NACA duct already installed. (Read that as not = having to do=20 a lot of work to add P-51 style ducts, etc). Any ideas about the = possible=20 cooling differences between a 160 hp Subaru and a 170 hp 13b? My = thinking=20 is that they would require a radiator approximately the same = size?

I would = appreciate=20 any comments from other rotary builders who might take the time to view = Al's=20 website and interpret his test results. Thanks in advance for any=20 replies. Paul Conner, SQ2000 with 13b

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