X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [201.225.225.167] (HELO cwpanama.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.4) with ESMTP id 1412446 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:35:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=201.225.225.167; envelope-from=rijakits@cwpanama.net Received: from [201.224.93.110] (HELO usuario5ebe209) by frontend1.cwpanama.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 79471588 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:13:50 -0500 Message-ID: <001701c6dd15$b2ca9370$6e5de0c9@usuario5ebe209> From: "Thomas y Reina Jakits" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] finned aluminum sheets? Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:34:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0012_01C6DCEB.C63623E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C6DCEB.C63623E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MessageRusty, read http://www.ez.org/feature/F0502-1/F0502-1.htm !! Some oilpancooling, also his prop is waaayy out there! :) The whole plane is awesome, even if you are not a plastic/tail first = fan! Thomas J. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Russell Duffy=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:23 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] finned aluminum sheets? Greetings, As I pre-think some things I want to try next, one of the thoughts is = to make the oil pan into a significant oil cooler if possible. My = proposed single rotor applications will have the engine out in the = breeze, so it seems worthwhile to try to get as much cooling as possible = from the airflow. =20 The best way I can think of to do this would be to use a thin aluminum = plate for at least the bottom of the pan. Ideally, it would have = heatsink fins on both sides (milled away for the pickup tube on the = inside). Has anyone ever seen aluminum with fins on both sides? Does = anyone have a good source for finned aluminum of any type? =20 Thanks, Rusty (sure don't want to mill my own) ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C6DCEB.C63623E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Rusty,
read http://www.ez.org/= feature/F0502-1/F0502-1.htm !!
 
Some oilpancooling, also his prop is = waaayy out=20 there! :)
The whole plane is awesome, even if you = are not a=20 plastic/tail first fan!
 
Thomas J.
 
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From:=20 Russell=20 Duffy
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, = 2006 10:23=20 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] finned = aluminum=20 sheets?

Greetings,
 
As I = pre-think some=20 things I want to try next, one of the thoughts is to make the oil pan = into a=20 significant oil cooler if possible.  My proposed single rotor=20 applications will have the engine out in the breeze, so it seems = worthwhile to=20 try to get as much cooling as possible from the airflow. =20
 
The best way = I can think=20 of to do this would be to use a thin aluminum plate for at least the = bottom of=20 the pan.  Ideally, it would have heatsink fins on both sides = (milled=20 away for the pickup tube on the inside).   Has anyone ever = seen=20 aluminum with fins on both sides?  Does anyone have a good = source=20 for finned aluminum of any type?  
 
Thanks,
Rusty (sure = don't want to=20 mill my own)
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