Great result, Mark!
Did you happen to take a photo of the cowl flap? :>)
Bill B
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
3:39 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: List
activity?
Chris,
I thought your engine install was done? What else do you have to do
before inspection?
I removed the water thermostat and installed a cowl flap. Temps were
fine, but the thought of giving up speed to cooling losses kept me awake at
night. So, I installed a Ray Allen servo powered cowl flap, and guess
what? I picked up 11 mph (214mph TAS @ 6500msl, per EM-2). Not bad
for a day's work!
Mark S.
(Considering P-Porting)