X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with ESMTPS id 3342099 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:14:32 -0500 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.240.18.37; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,735,1220252400"; d="scan'208";a="95487291" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 08 Dec 2008 09:13:55 -0800 Received: from [10.62.16.115] (ernestc-thinkcenter-kubuntu64.hq.netapp.com [10.62.16.115]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id mB8HD1fd018915 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:13:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <493D55C0.20509@nc.rr.com> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:13:36 -0500 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@nc.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Update ... Three more flights, water ok, oil too cool References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dennis Haverlah wrote: > Jeff: > > After my first month of flying last summer in Texas I added a cowl > flap to the outlet of the James Cowl on my RV-7A Renesis. I now can > control water temps in climb to a max of 210* in summer and by closing > the cowl in winter I keep the temps warm also. My oil is usually 10 > to 15* cooler than the water. No good data yet on flying in real cold > - below 35* - weather. Dennis, what happens to your cruise speed if you open the cowl flaps in level flight?