X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from omr-d09.mx.aol.com ([205.188.108.133] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTPS id 6789400 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:53:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.108.133; envelope-from=DLOMHEIM@aol.com Received: from mtaomg-mbe02.mx.aol.com (mtaomg-mbe02.mx.aol.com [172.26.254.176]) by omr-d09.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 529AB7023A3F6 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from core-mdb004b.r1000.mail.aol.com (core-mdb004.r1000.mail.aol.com [172.29.45.77]) by mtaomg-mbe02.mx.aol.com (OMAG/Core Interface) with ESMTP id 2A91738000089 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:53:01 -0400 (EDT) From: DLOMHEIM@aol.com Full-name: DLOMHEIM Message-ID: <87b77.20132c4.405caf2c@aol.com> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Off Topic Lycoming Question (Shipchief) To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_87b77.20132c4.405caf2c_boundary" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5378 X-Originating-IP: [98.188.125.114] x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20121107; t=1395348781; bh=FVRJRQDVjuAteANjH1pZL8XBzFiZ5WsxNS/NElfXVm0=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=sSsD88qo5iJDRcNc3xaEhwWANWAB2Allr4UGoDh3Gmsb0qG+IQUDCHWJjGHz7ONU2 rk4FIYMb2scCR8s1XO+NfNhOUgqEqKxk1DfaSPqaiR5scs/S7eszrd0LMDfh1GiLoR wc0lo1x10rftrGKJEdPx1FsWjav5CS0vHsV9a5Ds= x-aol-sid: 3039ac1afeb0532b552d798c --part1_87b77.20132c4.405caf2c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Shipchief" wrote: >If you have decent air flow thru the cowl and oil cooler, you should have lower oil temps. My T-18 with O->290 barely gets over 150 in the summer unless I have an airflow restrictor in front of the cooler. My "G" / "D" did not come with a cooler. I may be adding one this summer... >How does the engine run, ignore the gauges, does it run powerfully and smoothly? Yes. Will pull up to 2650 rpm or so with my wood cruise prop in level flight at 3K and static of almost 2300 rpm. It never misses a beat, and when I want to go around it loves to blast me to pattern altitude before I can finish completing the turn to cross wind... Doug --part1_87b77.20132c4.405caf2c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

"Shipchief" wrote:

>If you have decent air flow thru the cowl and oil cooler, you shou= ld=20 have lower oil temps. My T-18 with O->290 barely gets over 150 in the su= mmer=20 unless I have an airflow restrictor in front of the cooler.

My "G" / "D" did not come with a cooler. I may be adding one thi= s=20 summer...

>How does the engine run, ignore the gauges, does it run powerfully= and=20 smoothly?

Yes. Will pull up to 2650 rpm or so with my wood cruise prop in = level=20 flight at 3K and static of almost 2300 rpm. It never misses a be= at,=20 and when I want to go around it loves to blast me to pattern altitude befor= e I=20 can finish completing the turn to cross wind...

Doug

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