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Tracy's comment was that my installation would never make it in a Lycoming
environment (vibrations).
I never fully understood that - if cores are
solidly mounted to the engine there should be no realtive
motion...
Finn
Thanks
Finn. I agree about the relative motion comment. The Howe radiator
came with a warning not to mount it solidly, because the aluminum had to be
allowed to expand and contract with heat. I've noticed that
all radiators are mounted with rubber bushings of some type, and I bet
that's the main reason. With a large, thin radiator, you
would also expect that it would flex some with vibration, but I can't
see that happening to any real extent with these evap
cores.
As Tracy
suggested, the lack of vibration makes solid mounting less of an issue for us
anyway. The only way you'd get any real vibration is if you lost a
rotor. In that case, you aren't exactly having the best day of your life
already, so what's a little water leak :-)
Cheers,
Rusty
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