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Joe,
The oil was lagging behind the coolant by 20 degrees or so, but that has
always been the case on the ground. The real test will be when I get a
chance to fly it. The oil always exceeded the coolant by 10-15 degrees on
the old setup. I'll have to wait and see how the new setup performs.
Regards,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Joseph M Berki
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Evapora5tor Core Problem Solved
Steve,
Way to go!! Did you notice what the oil temp was doing with your
new scoop or was there not enough run time to see. Thanks. Keep up the
reports.
Joe Berki
Limo EZ
Cooling scoop
At 02:37 PM 9/8/2004 -0400, you (Steve Brooks) wrote:
I went to the airport today after drill out the blocking plates In my
evaporator cores. After installation, I filled the system up with coolant,
and ran it for a couple of minutes. It was barely warm, so I opened the
header tank back up, and topped it off again. The rain let up for a few
minutes, so I pushed the plane out, and taxied it up and down a few times,
and also did a short run up to 4500 RPM's. When I taxied back after 7 or 8
minutes, my coolant temperature was still only up to 180.
The cores are consistently hot from top to bottom, and also the air purged
out much easier.
It is amazing how well it works when you're using the entire core, instead
of just 25% of it. I can't believe that I messed around with it for a week
before getting to the bottom of it. It seems so simple now. Thanks to
everyone for the help.
Now all I need is some good weather to take it for a flight. We needed
rain, so I do appreciate our Florida friends sharing their hurricane
leftovers with us, but now I'm getting really tried of the rain.
I also have to go out of town for my youngest daughters wedding this
weekend, so probably Monday evening will be my earliest opportunity to see
how the new cooling set up works.
Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV N75CZ
Turbo Rotary
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