X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTPS id 5066480 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:22:08 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.240.18.37; envelope-from=echristley@att.net X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,282,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="566227145" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 28 Jul 2011 07:21:08 -0700 Received: from [10.62.16.167] (ernestc-laptop.hq.netapp.com [10.62.16.167]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id p6SEL71I028238 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E317042.20309@att.net> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:20:50 -0400 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@att.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Injector mounting in top of block? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lehanover@aol.com wrote: > As you said, fuel pooling is a problem even for injected engines. So you > see water heated manifolds, just as in carbureted engines. Note the > Lycoming with the distribution pot inside the oil pan. Heated oil keeps > the mixture in a gas like state and the latent heat of evaporation helps > cool the oil. On hot days there is a loss of power based on intake air > temperature, but they suffer fewer carb icing events. > I got out of my plane after a tuning run a couple weeks ago and there was water condensing on the outside of the manifold. 8*)