On 28 Sep 1995, Graham Singleton wrote:
> >>I understand Ivan's problem. If you put the radiator as a belley scoop
> then it is directly behind the mono-wheel undercarrage.
>
> Could go either side of the wheel. Thinking about the required inlet size, is
> there a simple rule of thumb formula for radiator size per horse power per
> climb
> speed? Another thought, it's a pity contraflow rads aren't more common, ie
> cold
> air in at the front, hot water in at the back. I learnt that was the ideal at
> college. Long time ago :-(
>
> I think I will have to try a chin scoop to keep things simple and give more
> room
> under the silencer, which at the moment completely blocks the lower part of
> the
> cowl.
>
I just went back to the Sport Aviation article in the August issue and
on G-ELSA (Rotax 914) there appears to be a lot of louvers [SP] on the
bottom side of the cowling. The exhaust also appears to have its own small
bulge to exit from.
THe chin scoop sounds like a good idea. Any thoughts forthcoming from
Europa UK or USA on this thread? Any G2 on the mystery engine yet?
Different topic, I have a stack of foam in my garage and a new hot wire
foam cutter. Will be purchasing a vacuum pump shortly. Hope to work out
the nasty details of vacuum bagging so that I can use this method on my
soon to be purchased Europa. Will let all know the results of the
experiments.
Steve
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