>It just struck me that one on the big issues in general aviation engine
>cooling design is the airflow aft of the engine. Some colleagues of mine
>(all aero engineering professors) spent months trying to improve the air
>intake to keep an experimental engine temps within limits. In the end, all
>it took was a tweak of the exhaust side of the system. A little better
>aero that created the appropriate low pressure to suck on the back side &
>the problem was solved.
Yes, that's why they put the adjustable cowl flaps on the BACK of the
cowling.
Except for those oddball Russian radials that have the shutters on the
front.
John H.
>I would surmise that total flow would be impacted by both sides of the
>radiator.
>
>John
That's what I was thinking.
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