X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.219.56.248] (HELO qnsi-xch.qnsi.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTP id 2190354 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:59:26 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.219.56.248; envelope-from=bhughes@qnsi.net Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Return-Receipt-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: NSI subi cooling ... Disposition-Notification-To: "Bobby J. Hughes" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:01:23 -0600 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: NSI subi cooling ... Thread-Index: AcfLK+EPY6cGS60NSZeWRmRzAuBUIAADhCTw From: "Bobby J. Hughes" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" =20 What airframe is it? =20 Glastar 2 place =20 What is the cruise speed?=20 I think he said 130 knts\ 60% power What is the fuel burn at that speed?=20 About 7 per hour.=20 He also said he had plenty of engine left but the plane would not fly any faster.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Charlie England Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:10 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: NSI subi cooling ... Bobby J. Hughes wrote: > =20 > I visited with a local NSI subi builder here in Austin on Monday. This > guy has the most hours on a NSI conversion. About 735 hours in the=20 > last two years. He has had a couple of failure due to assembly errors=20 > by NSI in their last days. His engine is a modified 4 cylinder turning > about 200 HP. The package uses a single radiator with 735ci core and a > small oil to water cooler. He has closed the space between the two air > duct feeds to the radiator and attempted to radius the bends in the=20 > lower cowl ducts. I am amazed he is cooling as well as he is. He=20 > reports climb temps around 195-200 and cruise at 180 on hot days. > =20 > Bobby > =20 There might be a simple explanation for his ability to cool. What airframe is it? =20 What is the cruise speed? faster.=20 What is the fuel burn at that speed?=20 Thanks, Charlie -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html