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Greetings,
As I continue on the
painfully slow process of de-BUC-ing the plane, I'm looking into plumbing
options for the EWP's. The Meziere adapter has two inlets, and one outlet
to the engine. The plan is to run the one large outlet to a Y splitter,
then to each evap core. Since there are two core outlets, two EWP's, and
two inlets to the engine, it's mighty tempting to let each EWP handle only one
core. It's certainly the simplest way to plumb it. BTW, I do have
one way valves, so there will be no backflow through the pump that's
off.
In a way, this makes sense
to me, because I can thermostatically control one of the pumps, and leave
the other one on all the time. In normal cruise flight, cold weather, and
certainly descent, one core will be enough. Eventually, I may install an
effective cowl flap to cut drag at cruise, and the plumbing can certainly be
re-worked if needed then, or I can just let both pumps run. The worst case
situation is that one pump fails on climb, but the EM-2 (that Tracy is still
adding features to <g>) will tell me the temp is going up, and I'll reduce
power, or increase speed.
One other possible benefit
is more even flow through the cores when both pumps are on. Haven't
I heard some of you say that you've had difficulty getting the water to flow
evenly though parallel cores?
In my usual masochistic
way, I offer this idea for your abuse, or is that the other list
:-)
Cheers,
Rusty (learning more about
exhaust every day)
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