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Bill Dube wrote:
The main problem I see is that the radiators are not electrically isolated from the aircraft frame and engine block. There is no vibration isolation either. This can cause serious problems with metal fatigue and with corrosion driven by galvanic action.
There was a piece of weatherstripping between the bottom bevelled piece and the radiator. Sorry, didn't mean to leave that out. But there would probably be plenty of electron flow through the threaded rods and plates (even though the plates are all painted). A good powdercoating on the plates may eliminate that path. Some mylar tape 'washers' would probably be a better idea.
The biggest problem I saw was that this wouldn't provided enough cooling. He had 3 rad-jugs dedicated to coolant and two dedicated to oil. The volume would work for jugs because they're running at 350 to 400 degrees. The water is only at 180, so it needs quite a bit more. On a 20B, this arrangement might work for the oil only, but as Rusty taught us, the rotary isn't nice to just anything standing in for oil coolers.
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