Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from [209.114.234.2] (HELO IPOfCard1.guest-tek.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3180239 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:46:25 -0400 Received: from USDCLES112NB160 ([198.18.1.149]) by IPOfCard1.guest-tek.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i3KCX9u08508 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:33:09 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: water coolant percentages Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:46:53 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004C_01C426B4.0747C7D0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C426B4.0747C7D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Simple test - Next Jan-Feb when it is below zero some place north of you - start off from your home (in the sunny South?) and drive north and never shut down the engine until you are into the really cold weather - keep an eye on your temp gage! It will eventually boil in the block while your radiator is clogged with ice. David I still have the company van :-) Seriously, I can see a lot more potential for this in a car, since you're not producing any real power going down the highway, and you're using the heater core to remove as much heat as possible to keep you toasty warm. In my plane, with a mechanical, and EWP, no thermostat, and running 75% power, I still seriously doubt the radiator could freeze. Cheers, Rusty (the disbeliever) ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C426B4.0747C7D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Simple test - Next Jan-Feb when it is below zero some = place=20 north of you -
start off from your home (in the sunny South?) and = drive north=20 and never
shut down the engine until you are into the really cold = weather -=20 keep an
eye on your temp gage!  It will eventually boil in the = block=20 while your
radiator is clogged with = ice. 

David

 
I still = have the company=20 van :-) 
 
Seriously, I can see a=20 lot more potential for this in a car, since you're not producing any = real power=20 going down the highway, and you're using the heater core to remove as = much heat=20 as possible to keep you toasty warm.  In my plane, with a = mechanical, and=20 EWP, no thermostat, and running 75% power, I still seriously doubt the = radiator=20 could freeze. 

Cheers,

Rusty (the=20 disbeliever)

 ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C426B4.0747C7D0--