I was watching a video that was created by Tim England regarding
his 4.3 V6 install in a velocity.
In his install he was running some sort of oil cooler that was a
combination oil filter mount with a heat exchanger working off of the coolant
from the radiator (or something to that effect.) His argument for this approach
centered around his belief that under extremely cold temps at altitude, an oil
cooler that is inside the radiator may make the oil too cold to run at peak
efficiency. i.e. keeping the oil at around 195F was a better option under all
temperature conditions.
So now I have these questions:
Does this philosophy translate
to Rotary powered aircraft?
Is the oil cooler/radiator a good solution?
If it is, do I need to use a different inch^3 figure per HP to
derive the correct radiator size?
If the 195F oil solution seems viable, does anyone know of an oil
filter mount that includes a heat exchanger?
T Mann