Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #7330
From: Bill Dube <bdube@al.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: water coolant percentages
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:38:18 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

If you dont need the high freeze protection, Id opt for corrosion inhibitors in a solution of maybe 25-30% e-g in water (for some increase in boiling point), and a pressure cap of 22-25 psig.

        As noted earlier, all airplanes need freeze protection. I was flying recently in Tampa at night and the temperature at 15,000 ft was something like -10 Celsius.

        Water will often freeze in the radiator if you do not have anti-freeze, even if the engine is warm. The freeze will start in a low flow (water) region and will then spread as the flow is further blocked, perhaps bursting radiator tubes as it progresses.
        
        


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