Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #42465
From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Cooling sytem changes- Velocity 20B
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:53:00 +0000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
  Al,
   Thanks for the heads up info about this cooler........I would not
put full coolent flow through this cooler but would do as you and
Mark Steitle and take coolent flow from a bypass system so as not
to cause a pressure drop to radiators.............
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold



 
-------------- Original message from "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures@cox.net>: --------------

    Beautiful installation (normal for you).........Just by chance I have an

oil/water cooler exactly like yours in my part collection that I purchased

from "Aeroquip" a few years ago just in case I needed it !!..........<:) It is bound to work on a 13B if it helps your 20B

 

Kelly;

 

Be aware that these units are limited by the water-side heat transfer.  MoCal sells a flow restrictor (about $5) which forces more flow through the annular passages that are in close contact with the boundary between oil and coolant.  Since I’m only putting about half the coolant flow through that cooler I put in the restrictor which significantly improves the performance.  If your planning on full flow, you would want to check the pressure drop curves before putting in a restrictor.

 

I estimate that in my installation the oil/water cooler is handling about a third (or less) of the total oil heat load.

 

FWIW,

 

Al

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