KR> cooling air inlets

2011-06-26 Thread Dene Collett
Mark I wasn't talking bout the gap between the top and bottom cowl halves but rather the fact that the cowling inlets are smaller than the mating mouths of the plenum chambers. With the plenum chamber mouths going over the cowling inlet mouths and having a gap between the two the incoming air

KR> cooling air inlets

2011-06-23 Thread Mark Langford
Dene Collett wrote: >>Mark, I know that your cooling system obviously works well but don't you think that you could make it even better (more efficient), achieving even lower CHT's by sealing that gap?<< I'm sure that eliminating any gaps is always an improvement, but having said that, my CHTs a

KR> cooling air inlets

2011-06-21 Thread Dene Collett
Hi guys A while ago a pic of the cooling plenum chamber I made for a revmaster was circulated on KRnet. At the moment I am working on another cooling chamber for another revmaster motor, except this one is turbo charged, intercooled and is equipped with fuel injection. It has an induction system

KR> COOLING ISSUES SORTED

2009-12-31 Thread Dene Collett
somebody to avoid a lot of headaches one day. Regards Dene Collett Avlec Projects cc Port Elizabeth South Africa - Original Message - From: "Darren Crompton" To: "KRnet" Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: KR> COOLING ISSUES SORTED Hi Dene, S

KR> COOLING ISSUES SORTED

2009-12-22 Thread Darren Crompton
Hi Dene, Sounds interesting. Can you talk more about the outlet position and what area is working for you? Some photos of this and the oil cooler scoop would be great to see too. Cheers -- Darren Crompton AUSTRALIA My building site: www.kr-2s.com AN-BOLTS www.an-bolts.com.au

KR> COOLING ISSUES SORTED

2009-12-21 Thread Dene Collett
Good day all I thoiught I would just report that I have sorted out the cooling issues on the Jabiru powered whisper motorglider. I have learnt that the inlets are indeed big enough to let in enough air at the low speeds of the motorglider. The problem was with the outlet. I have learned that th

KR> cooling

2009-12-08 Thread Eric Evezard
Hi Dene, In a motorglider one is caught between a stone and a hard place.Ample cooling,intakes,eyebrows, vertical gills, are fine to cool the engine but when you stand on the wingtip and corkscrew up in a thermal,engine off,the drag of this cooling will degrade the gliding performance and worse

KR> Cooling ducts

2009-03-24 Thread Wayne & Kathy Tokarz
Very nice work Sid, did you make the ducts as well? They look very professional. Wayne and Kathy Tokarz Corsair Enterprises Ltd. Cold Lake, Alberta, 780-812-8163 780-639-3023

KR> cooling a Corvair in a Kr.

2008-10-12 Thread haroldwoods
Hi Netters. A friend in our local RAA club installed a corvair in his homebuilt. He had cooling problems. Any time he went faster than 80 mph his engine got hot. He tried many things ( He is a professional engineer), but finally gave up and sold it. Is cooling normally a problem? If not, what i

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2008-10-12 Thread Mark Jones
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KR> cooling a Corvair in a Kr.

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Harold Woods wrote: > A friend in our local RAA club installed a corvair in his homebuilt. He had cooling problems. Any time he went faster than 80 mph his engine got hot. He tried many things ( He is a professional engineer), but finally gave up and sold it. Is cooling normally a problem? If not