Return-Path: Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 725645 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:45:56 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.63.77; envelope-from=FLY@ZOOKSAVIATION.COM Received: from mzucco (dialup-4.235.156.242.Dial1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.235.156.242]) by pimout1-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 milter /8.12.10) with SMTP id j1BNirOC288618; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:45:07 -0500 Message-ID: <003301c51093$b3e874c0$cc0ac140@mzucco> Reply-To: "Zook's Aviation Services Inc." From: "Zook's Aviation Services Inc." To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" , References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Heating the Fuel Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:43:39 -0500 Organization: Zook's Aviation Services Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Be aware of the effects of lower pressure as you go up in altitude. Be aware of static charge. Make certain everything is grounded and at the same potential. I hate to give away this idea, but why not send the Water/Oil along the leading edge of the wing. Now the Liquid cooling is your friend, and we all can work on developing Anti-Ice. Not Known icing equipment yet, but gets us down the path of this development for the future. All I can think of is a crude idea of a long base board with fins with water and oil in it. Removable at the end of the wing. Again the oil and water are made at the same temp so the Rotary is happier without the differential cooling temps. Mike Zucco www.zooksaviation.com fly@zooksaviation.com - Air Taxi/Charter Booking - Aircraft Sales - Consulting/Contract Engineering 1-800-879-7985 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Staten" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Heating the Fuel > > > Bill Dube wrote: > >> >> >> Being an experimentalist type, I would probably slowly warm up a >> small vented container of AvGas and carefully watch the level as I did >> so. The temperature at which the level started to change in the container >> would be the "redline" I would set for the tank temperature. >> > > If you take an open container of gasoline at room temperature and leave it > sitting out, without any added heat, the gasoline will vaporize away on > its own. It essentially begins this process at nearly -40 degrees F if I > remember the quote about vapor pressures earlier. Gasoline in a storage > tank has a simple device that lets excess pressure escape without letting > the majority of the gas vaporize away. > > In any event, I would be VERY careful in conducting this experiment in > that one gallon of liquid gas, when vaporized, has the explosive potential > of over 30 sticks of dynamite. The vapor collects at the lowest point, and > you may not even be aware of potential ignition sources, even if you used > a lab quality hot air gun or hot plate. > > Dave > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >