Hi, Steve....glad to hear the temps are down.  Please keep us NACA canard
drivers posted with results from the new scoop you make. Thanks for sharing
this valuable information.  Paul Conner, rotary powered SQ2000

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brooks" <steve@tsisp.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:37 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Temps finally down


> I made my eight flight today, and I'm happy to report that my inlet scoop
> augmentation on the Cozy did the trick.
> I flew only about 1/2 hour because I had some other work that I wanted to
do
> on it, but the temperatures ran at 190 coolant, and 200 oil.
> I climbed up a couple thousand feet, and instead of  throttling back and
> watching my temperatures come back down from 210/220, I wasn't quite up to
a
> stabilized temperature yet.  That was a big change.  I pulled power back
to
> what I had been running previously, and the temperatures stayed the same,
> maybe dropped a little.  I then throttled up to zero boost, and the
> temperatures held.  YEAH !!!!!  They used to climb up with the throttle.
> On the decent to landing, I thought that I would have to chip the ice off
of
> the engine.  Coolant dropped almost off the gauge to about 140, and oil
down
> to 160.  Actually when I touched down, they were even lower than that.
>
> Now that I know that I can cool it, I'm going to make another scoop,
> narrower on the sides, but a little taller (actually lower) to get a
little
> further outside the boundary layer.  The next scoop will have a smaller
> inlet area compared to the current one.
>
> Steve Brooks
> Cozy MKIV N75CZ
> Turbo Rotary
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