Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #32819
From: george lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling coupling
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:30:42 +1000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Al
"For my coolant I do get some air flow through the rad due to negative pressure created by the prop.  And I have an ace in the hole that I haven’t used yet (just simply hadn’t thought about it) which is the cabin heater with a centrifugal blower. I’m guessing that for ground ops this would add significant heat rejection.  Problem is heat is dumped into the cabin, but on the ground there is always the option of the open door."
 
Good idea, an even better idea is an external shut off vent.
 
One of the problems with fans are that they acually block flow of a radiator, in flight. A seperate smaller radiator with a fan may be the answer.
George ( down under)
 
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