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Russell Duffy wrote:

> Greetings,
>  
> As I pre-think some things I want to try next, one of the thoughts is 
> to make the oil pan into a significant oil cooler if possible.  My 
> proposed single rotor applications will have the engine out in the 
> breeze, so it seems worthwhile to try to get as much cooling as 
> possible from the airflow. 
>  
> The best way I can think of to do this would be to use a thin aluminum 
> plate for at least the bottom of the pan.  Ideally, it would 
> have heatsink fins on both sides (milled away for the pickup tube on 
> the inside).   Has anyone ever seen aluminum with fins on both 
> sides?  Does anyone have a good source for finned aluminum of any type?  
>  
> Thanks,
> Rusty (sure don't want to mill my own)

I was looking at using finned tubes at one time and had several sources 
bookmarked.  The catch was always weight.  Everything I could find was 
really thick.

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