Paul,
I know John hasn't flown yet. I don't know anything about Al's
design, but I have seen John's and I think he has an exceptionally good
plenum. He also has a way to bypass his radiators if they aren't
needed (like in cruise). PLENUM RULES imo. I personally am
ambivalent around whether John's setup will support turbocharging and air
conditioning. I DO think his setup will be the best point of departure
you are apt to find for your airplane. That was my point. Steal
his plenum. Improve on it. Look very seriously at AC cores
for radiators. Read the guy's article in the post before yours in
CONTACT! I just think John's stuff will give you the best head start
of anything in my field of vision right now.
As best I can figure ... Jim S.
"sqpilot@earthlink" wrote:
Hi,
Jim....I've been closely monitoring the progress of John Slade. Unfortunately,
he hasn't flown yet, so we can't really know how well his cooling system
might/might not perform. Al Wick, on the other hand, has a couple
hundred hours on his Cozy with a Subaru. Unfortunately, it seems
that the Subaru is probably easier to cool than the rotary. Oh well, back
to square one. Thanks for the direction and comments.
Paul Conner
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003
9:11 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Core vs Radistor
was Re: [FlyRotary] radiator
<... come up with a radiator that could be placed directly in
front of the NACA duct, as Al Wick did ..>
You probably need to talk to John Slade ... He has a Cozy 13B, air
and leather ... Jim S.
"sqpilot@earthlink" wrote:
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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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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