Return-Path: Received: from frontend1.cwpanama.net ([201.225.225.167] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 569213 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:56:52 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=201.225.225.167; envelope-from=rijakits@cwpanama.net Received: from [201.224.93.110] (HELO usuarioq3efog0) by frontend1.cwpanama.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.1) with SMTP id 33235835 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:56:22 -0500 Message-ID: <009d01c4e30a$02c09490$6e5de0c9@usuarioq3efog0> From: "rijakits" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Cooling/Pumping (? for mazda cooler operators) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:56:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2741.2600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2742.200 Robinson mounts their oil coolers with rigid lines directly to the cooling baffles/fan/scroll unit which in turn is mounted rigid to the engine. As far as I remember there is no soft material anywhere in between, though there is some delicate mounting of the oiler to do, so as not to put any torsion and/or tension in the mounted cooler. Generally this outlasts the 2200 hr TBO of the whole machine.... Thomas J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Cooling/Pumping (? for mazda cooler operators) > Bernie, My oil cooler hangs from the same mounting brackets as my evaporator > cores. They are attached to the engine rather than the motor mount. I do > have a layer of 1/8" red rubber strip for some vibration reduction between > the brackets and the cores. > While I am now aware the convention is to mount the cores on a non-vibrating > surface such as engine mount or firewall mine are mounted to the engine. > Hopefully since my lines run from the engine to the cores/oil cooler they > all vibrate together and in sync and not out of phase {:>) > . > I have a total of 300 hours runtime on this set up. > > Early on as Rusty mentioned I did have the cores develop leaks because( I > believe) I had 90 deg fittings and heavy fittings and hose hanging off of > that 90 deg fitting. Since I have eliminated the 90 deg fitting and gone to > a straight vertical fitting, I have had no problem. > > FWIW > > Ed Anderson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:11 AM > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Cooling/Pumping (? for mazda cooler operators) > > > > > > Question for folks that have over 100 hours on mazda coolers. Are you soft > mounted like Lee H suggests? > > > > Bernie > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >