Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.171] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 593638 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:40:42 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.171; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C4F427.896B81EF" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] small radiator cores? Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:40:11 -0600 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E6CBEC0@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] small radiator cores? Thread-Index: AcT0Jp0sgw1ywN7URBaq7L7EK1ixawAAGRkg From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4F427.896B81EF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rusty, While not cheap, there are quite a few water-cooled motorcycles around. Maybe there's a motorcycle radiator would fit your needs. Some are curved, which may help facilitate installing in confined spaces. They have to be sturdy to survive very long in a motorcycle. Just a thought. =20 Mark S. =20 =20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Russell Duffy Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:33 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] small radiator cores? =20 Greetings again, =20 In your searching around for radiator parts, has anyone seen a small core, similar to the size of an evap core? I can't imagine what it would be made for, but I'm giving at least a little thought to replacing my radiator evap cores with something more durable. =20 =20 BTW, yes I know they've been tested successfully for water, but I also know of some that have leaked. I'm at the point now where I don't really trust them, and just don't want to fly with the constant thought that a leak might develop before I get home. At the very least, I'll probably end up remounting mine, to add some rubber isolation, but that means new ducts, so I might as well pursue the option of starting over with something different. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (spamming the list today) =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4F427.896B81EF Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Rusty,

While not cheap, there are quite a = few water-cooled motorcycles around.  Maybe there’s a motorcycle = radiator would fit your needs.  Some are curved, which may help facilitate = installing in confined spaces.  They have to be sturdy to survive very long in a = motorcycle.  Just a thought.

 

Mark S.  =

 

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Russell Duffy
Sent: Thursday, January = 06, 2005 1:33 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] = small radiator cores?

 

Greetings again,

 

In your searching around for radiator parts, has = anyone seen a small core, similar to the size of an evap core?  I can't imagine = what it would be made for, but I'm giving at least a little thought to = replacing my radiator evap cores with something more durable.  =

 

BTW, yes I know they've been tested successfully = for water, but I also know of some that have leaked.  I'm at = the point now where I don't really trust them, and just don't want to fly = with the constant thought that a leak might develop before I get home.  = At the very least, I'll probably end up remounting mine, to add some rubber = isolation, but that means new ducts, so I might as well pursue the option of = starting over with something different.  

 

Cheers,

Rusty (spamming the list = today)

  

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