[FlyRotary] Re: fluidyne oil
cooler
You should be able to get flow rate; pressure drop;
heat rejection rating from Fluidyne. Based on my calcs, it would
be good to about a steady 120 hp in a rotary, if you get good air flow
through it.
How
can you calculate this without the info you
mentioned? How
much air flow is "good". What is the temp? I
appreciate the thought, but I don't really believe all the
calculations in the world will give a real answer when you consider
all the variables. It might be interesting, and will certainly
be in the ballpark, but you won't really know how it works until you
try it.
My
more simplified way to look at this is that the Fluidyne has the
same core volume as the 2nd gen cooler. It is
thicker, which reduces the cooling ability, but I also bet that it's
more efficient at rejecting heat. In other words, it seems like
it should be about equal to the 2nd gen cooler. Since lots of
folks are running the 2nd gen cooler, and most are pretty happy
with it, then I have to believe that this will work at least
reasonably well for me. Since it will stand upright
under the engine, I should be able to give it a far superior duct
to anything I've ever used. I'm going to try it, but realize
that I may take over the record for number of oil cooler mods
from Ed.
Cheers,
Rusty
(abandoned calculus long ago)
That's what I do, toss out the slide rule and bolt
it on and fly it to see if it works.
Its nice having wheels and a boat hull under me as I have
tried shit others wouldn't as I have runways all around me.
Ken
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