Return-Path: Received: from hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.22]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:57:51 -0500 Received: from noname.nodomain.nowhere (pool017-max7.mpop2-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net [207.217.241.67]) by hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA21447; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:52:37 -0800 (PST) Sender: root@hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net Message-ID: <36E6C09D.679001C6@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:57:33 -0800 From: Paul X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i686) To: z Subject: Neil's bench test rig for testing radiators. Mime-Version: 1.0 Jeff Spitzer wrote: > > At 11:51 PM 3/9/99 -0800, you wrote: > >According to to Kuchemann & Weber's book "The Aerodynamics Of > >Propulsion". This is what the test duct should look like. > > > Are we testing ducts or radiators? I prefer to test them separately. > The best way to test the radiator is to put nothing in front of it and a > long straight duct behind it before SUCKING with the fan. That's the best > way to be sure you have uniform flow through the radiator. > > Jeff Spitzer They were joking Jeff. There will be no bench test. I agree on the sucking. How well does a squirrel cage fan work as a sucker? PL The Aircraft Rotary Engine Newsletter. Powered by Linux. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/ http://www.linux.org