Today's Message Index:
----------------------
1. 05:47 AM - Final call (Bill Boyd)
2. 03:23 PM - Two cooling questions (thomas sargent)
Message 1
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
Stormy's fly-in BBQ in western Virginia is on today. Lunch served at 12:00.
We won't be tubing because the river is butt-draggin' low (no rain in weeks
here) but will enjoy food and fellowship through the afternoon. Wx looks
good. Come join us - we have extra food :-)
No Unicomm this year - just come on in to 12VA--- www.airnav.com--- for
navigational details. Land on "32" - the runway is the brown (usually green,
but not this month) strip between the hayfields.
See ya!
Bill & Miriam Boyd
Message 2
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Two cooling questions |
The airworthiness inspection my RV-6A will be next week, so first flight
will be soon after that. I'm wondering about cooling the engine. The 2
main things that steal cooling air form the engine are the oil cooler and
the take-off for the cabin heat.
1- I certainly don't need cabin heat in Arizona in June. If I block off the
opening in the baffles that is plumbed to the heat muff, no air will
circulate thru the heat muff. Is that OK? Will that stretch of exhaust
pipe get too hot? Is that what most folks do in the summer?
2- I did the oil cooler installation on the baffles behind cylinder #4. I
used the Stewart Warner 7 row oil cooler, so I expect it to be pretty
effective; that is, I doubt it needs the full opening that it has. Will I
do better to block off, say, 1/3 of that to start with, or should I leave it
wide open and just see what happens on the first flight?
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A, ready for inspection.
Other Matronics Email List Services
These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.
-- Please support this service by making your Contribution today! --
|