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What airframe is it?
Glastar 2 place
What is the cruise speed?
I think he said 130 knts\ 60% power
What is the fuel burn at that speed?
About 7 per hour.
He also said he had plenty of engine left but the plane would not fly
any faster.
-----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:
>
> 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
> last two years. He has had a couple of failure due to assembly errors
> 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
> lower cowl ducts. I am amazed he is cooling as well as he is. He
> reports climb temps around 195-200 and cruise at 180 on hot days.
>
> Bobby
>
There might be a simple explanation for his ability to cool.
What airframe is it?
What is the cruise speed? faster.
What is the fuel burn at that speed?
Thanks,
Charlie
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