X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.101] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTP id 2153678 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:06:10 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.101; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-103-061.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.103.61]) by ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l62H5DBV008345 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:05:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000301c7bccb$2940bd00$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] RV-7A cooling Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:05:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Hi Dennis, Test works, thanks for the update. Did you by any chance decide to try dividing the airflow along a vertical plane to control air flow to your oil cooler - or saving that for later if necessary? Good luck on your test flight, hope that takes care of the temps Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Haverlah" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:12 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] RV-7A cooling > I've not recieved any mail for 24 hrs so this is a test and up-date. > > I've modified my inlet to smooth the flow to the radiators and feed the > engine induction seperatly from the cooliing inlet. > Bobby Hughes had an aluminum oil pan available so I installed it. The pan > is a wedge and all the oil is below the 1/2 inch mounting plate. I've got > the oil 3/4 inch below the mounting plate with 6 quarts in the pan. > I now am using 125-50W Moble 1 and 10 % antifreeze in the cooling water > with 1 tablespoon of liquid soap. > > Hope to fly this evening or tomorrow. > > > Dennis H. > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html