X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 50 [XX] (51%) URL: contains host with port number (-49%) URL: weird port adjustment Return-Path: Received: from imo-m24.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTP id 2024376 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:43:38 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.5; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m24.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.c2f.14c17cca (60437) for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 18:42:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from FWM-D19 (fwm-d19.webmail.aol.com [205.188.160.211]) by ciaaol-d02.mail.aol.com (v115.11) with ESMTP id MAILCIAAOLD022-ec15463a655830a; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:42:32 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 18:42:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8C95BEB7909D206_80C_19AF6_FWM-D19.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 25698 Received: from 65.161.241.3 by FWM-D19.sysops.aol.com (205.188.160.211) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Thu, 03 May 2007 18:42:32 -0400 Message-Id: <8C95BEB7909D206-80C-DA69@FWM-D19.sysops.aol.com> X-AOL-IP: 205.188.160.211 X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8C95BEB7909D206_80C_19AF6_FWM-D19.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" OK Bob, Gotcha. Could you send me your layout picture as an attachment? I seemed to miss it. I understand about the scoops. The originals had a single, but when they moved off the island to North Africa in particular they were scrambling for cooling. They had all sorts of configurations. Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: bmears9413@aol.com To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 2:43 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag Too late for that...oil coolers already there...and they aint movin. Bob Mears -----Original Message----- From: wrjjrs@aol.com To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 4:15 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag Bob, Here is the layout I recall for the Spitfire. this is an effective layout. If your radiator is too tall you could angle it to fit it in the scoop. Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: bmears9413@aol.com To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 1:44 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag That looks like the way to go, if the rad will fit. unfortunatly I didnt think of that when I ordered the $500.00 radiator. I'll have to see if it will fit. I was worried about, and still concerned about, mounting the rad that low and supporting it. Bob Mears Supermarine Spitfire -----Original Message----- From: blake.lewis@gmail.com To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 3:32 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag If the scoop is big enough to contain the radiator, you could do a Kays and London Wedge. The kind that the police tried treat as a bomb on top of Paul's van when he was testing it. Here is a rough sketch. Blake On 5/3/07, bmears9413@aol.com wrote: Ed, Give me some pointers on my cooling system before I get started. You surely will save me some mistakes. My air intake will be below and behind my radiator. I imagined just building some deflectors to "s" the air up to the radiator. Aft of the radiator the air will exit out the back half of the air scoop. the radiator will be laying flat, under the motormount. the oil coolers are under each wing...as it should be in s spitfire. Thanks, Bob Mears Supermarine Spitfire AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html [Image Removed] ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ----------MB_8C95BEB7909D206_80C_19AF6_FWM-D19.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
OK Bob, Gotcha. Could you send me your layout picture as an attachment? I seemed to miss it. I understand about the scoops. The originals had a single, but when they moved off the island to North Africa in particular they were scrambling for cooling. They had all sorts of configurations.
Bill Jepson
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bmears9413@aol.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag

Too late for that...oil coolers already there...and they aint movin.
 
Bob Mears
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: wrjjrs@aol.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag

Bob,
Here is the layout I recall for the Spitfire. this is an effective layout. If your radiator is too tall you could angle it to fit it in the scoop.
Bill Jepson 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bmears9413@aol.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag

That looks like the way to go, if the rad will fit. unfortunatly I didnt think of that when I ordered the $500.00 radiator. I'll have to see if it will fit. I was worried about, and still concerned about, mounting the rad that low and supporting it.
 
Bob Mears
Supermarine Spitfire
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: blake.lewis@gmail.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling area drag

If the scoop is big enough to contain the radiator, you could do a Kays and London Wedge. The kind that the police tried treat as a bomb on top of Paul's van when he was testing it. Here is a rough sketch.
Blake

On 5/3/07, bmears9413@aol.com <bmears9413@aol.com> wrote:
Ed,
Give me some pointers on my cooling system before I get started. You surely will save me some mistakes. My air intake will be below and behind my radiator. I imagined just building some deflectors to "s" the air up to the radiator. Aft of the radiator the air will exit out the back half of the air scoop. the radiator will be laying flat, under the motormount. the oil coolers are under each wing...as it should be in s spitfire.
Thanks,
Bob Mears
Supermarine Spitfire
 
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