----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: spray bars


>   > > ...snip... You would also need to figure out an adequate spray
pattern,
> build/buy
> the nozzles, water pump, water container, etc. < <
>
> I'd get one of those misting thingies they sell in the plant departments
of
> the building supply stores, mount the business end in the duct well
upstream
> from the rad.  They put out a fog as opposed to a spray and as a result
will
> cool both the air and the fins at the same time.  I'm sure figuring out a
> little pump would be a piece of cake, just use a windshield washer system
from
> the boneyard.  The mister will actually keep the water consumption down...
I
> know that it takes a fixed amount of water evaporating to provide a given
> amount of cooling, but I think that with both the air and the fins being
> cooled that kind of thing would provide a double whammy (as opposed to a
blood
> of water from a sprayer).  Just some random thoughts from someone who
hasn't
> had anywhere near enough sleep in the last 24 hours <G>
>
>    <marv>
>
>You've got to stop that partying all night, Marv {:>).  Bad for your
complextion and pocket book.

Ed  Anderson