X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 64 [XX] Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTP id 1927177 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:04:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.65; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [69.91.63.162] (helo=[192.168.0.3]) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1HSnYA-0007TC-Oo for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:03:22 -0400 Message-ID: <45FCC819.5070805@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:03:21 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] water boiling point References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48f4426f30c379721a6c1840e3dcb23b859072ae4777b98cc8350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 69.91.63.162 The relationship should be linear. You could plot it out using sea level and 212, then 183 at 16000 feet. Convert altitudes to bars/atms/inches or whatever. one caveat.. 12 psi over ambient at sea level is not the same as 12 psi over ambient at altitude. Keep that in mind when plotting. Dave George Graham wrote: > Thanks for your reply Tracy! > > I did a google search on water boiling point. Coolant should be higher, > but it seems that water boils at 183 degrees at 16,000 feet. But that > is with no added pressure. I could not find the corrected number for > the 12 psi cap. > > I wonder how many blown rotor housing seals are due to higher coolant > pressure ? > > > > > George Graham > Sarasota Florida > Mazda RX7 EZ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts > > with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. >