Return-Path: Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with ESMTP id 2706391 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 00:42:39 -0500 Received: (qmail 20252 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2003 05:42:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([170.215.97.8]) (envelope-sender ) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 2 Nov 2003 05:42:38 -0000 Message-ID: <3FA49981.42ACDFCE@frontiernet.net> Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:43:29 -0600 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: radiator at cowl outlet? References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------1F5A30C0E8550C9C7E71CB71" --------------1F5A30C0E8550C9C7E71CB71 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <... I don't know exactly what pressure is across my radiator ....> I think pressure drop identifies the next ACTUAL dragon you have to slay and would save you a lot of scrambling around chasing foul balls. Temps are a tuning item and are thus deferrable. Pressures are a fundamental design issue and much less deferrable. Just a thought ... Jim S. Russell Duffy wrote: > Doesn't Home Depot or Wal-Mart or Harriet Carter or someone > have little inside outside temp senders for about eight > bucks? Hi Jim, No, I don't know exactly what pressure is > across my radiator, or any of the actual temps in the cowl. > I'd love to test these things, but it's just going to have to > wait until I get the EM-2. At the moment, I have instruments > velcroed, and taped all over the cockpit, and literally have > no more room for anything else. As much as I'd like to > measure this stuff, it just isn't going to happen now. As for > the exhaust wrap, I used some of the better stuff on the > current turbo and exhaust pipe. The wrap just disintegrated > anywhere it touched the turbo, but it would probably have held > up on the pipe itself. There are some ceramic coatings that > can be used, but hopefully, it won't come to that. Rusty --------------1F5A30C0E8550C9C7E71CB71 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <... I don't know exactly what pressure is across my radiator ...>
I think pressure drop identifies the next ACTUAL dragon you have to slay and would save you a lot of scrambling around chasing foul balls.  Temps are a tuning item and are thus deferrable.  Pressures are a fundamental design issue and much less deferrable.
Just a thought .... Jim S.

Russell Duffy wrote:

Doesn't Home Depot or Wal-Mart or Harriet Carter or someone have little inside outside temp senders for about eight bucks? Hi Jim, No, I don't know exactly what pressure is across my radiator, or any of the actual temps in the cowl.  I'd love to test these things, but it's just going to have to wait until I get the EM-2.  At the moment, I have instruments velcroed, and taped all over the cockpit, and literally have no more room for anything else.  As much as I'd like to measure this stuff, it just isn't going to happen now. As for the exhaust wrap, I used some of the better stuff on the current turbo and exhaust pipe.  The wrap just disintegrated anywhere it touched the turbo, but it would probably have held up on the pipe itself.  There are some ceramic coatings that can be used, but hopefully, it won't come to that. Rusty

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