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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:23
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] finned aluminum
sheets?
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)