X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.192.82] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1113953 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 15 May 2006 09:19:24 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.192.82; envelope-from=wschertz@comcast.net Received: from rmailcenter03.comcast.net ([204.127.197.113]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20060515131825m120044i9ae>; Mon, 15 May 2006 13:18:39 +0000 Received: from [24.7.194.200] by rmailcenter03.comcast.net; Mon, 15 May 2006 13:18:24 +0000 From: wschertz@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: oil cooler lines Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 13:18:24 +0000 Message-Id: <051520061318.3576.44687FA00004BC1900000DF82200745672969B9D0A080C9C99@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Apr 11 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: d3NjaGVydHpAY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_3576_1147699104_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_3576_1147699104_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit You have two flows to consider, oil and air. If the oil isn't cooled very much in one of the coolers is it because most of the oil is going through it, or because not enough air is going through it? Bill Schertz -------------- Original message -------------- From: Ernest Christley > wschertz@comcast.net wrote: > > > I agree that flow can be balanced, however you would have to be able > > to measure the flow in order to do that, and most installations do not > > have that capability. Just assuming that they are balanced is frought > > with the peril that they might not be due to irregularities that are > > not obvious. > > Bill > > Assuming each core is doing its job, wouldn't measuing the temperature > of the oil exiting the core be a good measure? Low flow would equal low > temp. > > -- > ,|"|"|, Ernest Christley | > ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder | > o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org | > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_3576_1147699104_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

You have two flows to consider, oil and air. If the oil isn't cooled very much in one of the coolers is it because most of the oil is going through it, or because not enough air is going through it?

Bill Schertz

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>

> wschertz@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > I agree that flow can be balanced, however you would have to be able
> > to measure the flow in order to do that, and most installations do not
> > have that capability. Just assuming that they are balanced is frought
> > with the peril that they might not be due to irregularities that are
> > not obvious.
> > Bill
>
> Assuming each core is doing its job, wouldn't measuing the temperature
> of the oil exiting the core be a good measure? Low flow would equal low
> temp.
>
> --
> ,|"|"|, Ernest Christley |
> ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder |
> o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org |
>
> --
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