X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Tom Mann" Received: from mail.infosaic.com ([216.226.129.129] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.2) with ESMTPS id 7675460 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 06 May 2015 09:01:48 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.226.129.129; envelope-from=tmann@n200lz.com Received: from DSS04 (ip98-168-208-62.om.om.cox.net [98.168.208.62]) by mail.infosaic.com with SMTP (version=Tls cipher=Aes128 bits=128); Wed, 6 May 2015 09:06:38 -0400 Message-ID: <2F354EB8FE7E4F4CA6539B130EE3ECD8@DSS04> Reply-To: "Tom Mann" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Return to Flight Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0663_01D087D2.CACC8F70" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3528.331 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3528.331 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0663_01D087D2.CACC8F70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mind you, my rotary is not flying yet and I have a Canard design but I = often wonder why the RV guys don=E2=80=99t relocate the radiator and use = a P-51 style scoop? I=E2=80=99ve seen many that have the radiator almost perpendicular to = the direction of the inflow. I would think that a radiator mounted just behind the seats would give = you the distance to properly expand the air and recover the pressure = more efficiently. Just thinking out loud ...... T Mann ------=_NextPart_000_0663_01D087D2.CACC8F70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mind you, my rotary is not flying yet and I have a Canard design = but I=20 often wonder why the RV guys don=E2=80=99t relocate the radiator and use = a P-51 style=20 scoop?
I=E2=80=99ve seen many that have the radiator almost perpendicular = to the direction=20 of the inflow.
I would think that a radiator mounted just behind the seats would = give you=20 the distance to properly expand the air and recover the pressure more=20 efficiently.
 
Just thinking out loud ......
 
T Mann
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