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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:49
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] BUC's diet-
cooling
I see you have a new cowl on order. I
You're asking this to get revenge for my silly EDDIE
questions, aren't you :-)
The honest answer is that I don't yet know what
cooling configuration I'll use. About the only thing I've decided is
that I can use the stock cowl, and save myself the torture of having to make
one from scratch. I have probably considered every conceivable option
for cooling over the past couple weeks, and really have only a few options
now. My ideal goal would be to use the stock cowl, with as little
change as possible.
SNIP
1b- This would be just like above, except that a
scoop would be mounted on the bottom of the cowl to bring air in, and the rear
of the cheeks would be opened for air exit. The front of the cheeks
would be ducted to the turbo intake, and maybe an intercooler. The main
downside to this option is the drag from not having the cheek extensions in
place.
I would plan to make the cowl seal to the
radiator, then have a removable scoop. Doing that, I could actually try
option A first, then go to option B if cooling is a problem. The
downside of this is not having room for an exhaust pipe to exit the bottom if
I ever remove the turbo.
Now, if you actually made it this far, you're sorry
you asked right?
Rusty (too much to think
about)
Sounds like reasonable approaches to me, Rusty.
My initial objective was not to have to do any fiberglass work - didn't work
out that way, but cowl still looks like an RV so I didn't get too
drastic.
Good, Luck - and yes, the question was in response to
your EDDIE questions {:>) Revenge!
Ed