X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [208.145.81.85] (HELO mail.link77.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTPS id 676249 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:03:09 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.145.81.85; envelope-from=ralph_reed@sil.org X-Scanned-By: RAE MPP/Clamd http://raeinternet.com/mpp Received: from [200.66.166.16] (account ralph_reed@sil.org HELO DJ2B2561) by mail.link77.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 82475413 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:02:19 -0400 Message-ID: <002201c5a5e3$9a8b3220$10a642c8@DJ2B2561> From: "Ralph Reed" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Cooler Connections [Thermostat] Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:02:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 In cars the thermostat when cold is closed and the water circulates in the block for for quicker warm up. It warms up and starts letting the water out to the radiator. when the whole block is more than (usually 180 degrees) it stays open. I think having the thermostat in the wrong place would complicate things and I am not at all convinced that you need one at all. KISS. I would want more than a few seconds of run time on the engine before I headed up into the wild blue yonder. It is also possible to get the thermostat in upside down (what looks right is not necessarly right) and crack the exhaust manifold at least on a car. This is not like sitting in your driveway late for work wanting the car to warm up quickly to beat the clock, this is your life! Ralph