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Watch out for naca ducting for cooling. they have a
reputation for not working. Having said that, look at
an article in this months Sport Aviation. I forgot the
plane type, but using the naca duct on an IO-540. It
completely failed in several positions until he added
difusers (sp) in front. Now works fine. There are
pictures. Interesting! Jim Coffman --- "sqpilot@earthlink" <sqpilot@earthlink.net> wrote:
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----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Anderson To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Core vs Radistor was Re:
[FlyRotary] radiator
Boy, you catch me every time{:>)
Thanks for the info Rusty
Paul,
I calculate out Rusty's radiator to have a
volume of 17.5*24.25*2.25 = 964 in^3. Given that he
was running a turbo, he would naturally want/need
more cooling capacity than a NA block. So his basic
radiator was approx 50% large in volume than two
cores. Since he could produce up to that much
additional power with his turbo, it would appear
that his is sized about right - perhaps a bit on the
large size since he probably would not run under
high boost at cruise. MESSAGE CUT TO SAVE DOWNLOAD TIME, ETC
IBut, in any case, I think your currently
planned radiator size is undersized. FWIW - always
keepin mind my knowledge of radiators and cooling is
quite limited.
Ed
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
Your knowledge of radiators and cooling may be
limited....however, my knowledge of radiators and
cooling could be written on the head of a match.
Thanks for your valuable input, Ed. I was trying to
come up with a radiator that could be placed
directly in front of the NACA duct, as Al Wick did. I will probably go with a larger radiator, EWP and
fan. Thanks again. Paul Conner
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