X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.182] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTPS id 2497078 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:38:06 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.182; envelope-from=lendich@optusnet.com.au Received: from george (d58-109-62-4.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au [58.109.62.4]) by mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id lAK6bHmr019161 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:37:19 +1100 Message-ID: <002f01c82b3f$ce8277d0$043e6d3a@george> From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: heat exchanger placement Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:37:20 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002C_01C82B93.9EF89FE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0657-0, 12/12/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C82B93.9EF89FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Why stop with the radiator? Move the oil cooler there as well to make = this approach worth all the effort. And there will be a lot of effort : = ) =20 Tracy Quite correct Tracy, Nearly everyones favorite example the P-51 used stacked radiator and = oil coolers. My thought is if you go to the trouble of a wing mount or = belly scoop run a slightly larger radiator and one of the large fluidyne = water to oil coolers. (much to P.L's chagrin) Many nascar teams do use = them. Mark Stetle (sic) put one on his 20B powered Lancair and it has = helped his climb cooling a lot. His is a Lancair ES 4 place and seems to = be cooling very well now. Bill jepson Bill, Can't remember who - but the suggestion of an air cooler before the = water to oil cooler is a good one. Would certainly stop any possibility = of oil over heating the water and have the added benefit of the water = heating the oil. George (down under) ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C82B93.9EF89FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Why stop=20 with the radiator?  Move the oil cooler there as well to make this = approach=20 worth all the effort.  And there will be a lot of effort : = )  =20
 
Tracy
Quite correct Tracy,
Nearly everyones favorite example the P-51 used stacked radiator = and oil=20 coolers. My thought is if you go to the trouble of a wing mount = or belly=20 scoop run a slightly larger radiator and one of the large fluidyne = water to=20 oil coolers. (much to P.L's chagrin) Many nascar teams do use them. = Mark=20 Stetle (sic) put one on his 20B powered Lancair and it has helped his = climb=20 cooling a lot. His is a Lancair ES 4 place and seems to be cooling = very well=20 now.
Bill jepson


Bill,
 Can't remember who - but the suggestion of an air cooler = before the=20 water to oil cooler is a good one. Would certainly stop any = possibility of oil=20 over heating the water and have the added benefit of the water heating = the=20 oil.
George (down under)
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