Re: REFLECTOR: keeping warm

[Larry Kline <lkline@lisco.com>]

Jeff Barnes wrote:

Hi Manny,

        I'm just curious, having a long way to go b/4 getting built.

1) Did you do all the duct taping, etc that Duane suggested in VViews ?
 

Yes
>  
> 2) Is your oil cooler getting hot at all ?
>  
Yes, unless the OAT gets too low then the shell 15-50
gets too thick too get pushed through the front oil cooler.
>  
> 3) Do you have a second cooler ?
>  
Yes
>  
> 4) If so, where is it mounted and is it in series or parallel to front
> cooler.
>  
Parrallel, mounted on the bulkhead above the engine
>  
> 5) Any plumbing to cut out second cooler ?
>  
Yes, a valve to turn off the second oil cooler on the
bulkhead
>  
> 6) What engine and how's your oil temps, CHTs, EGTs ?
>  
Franklin, oil temps around 190 to 210 degrees

Larry Kline
Franklin RG
 
 
 

Thanks,
Jeff Barnes
XL-RG N411JB

> Emanuel Lewis wrote:
>
> I've given up trying to get engough heat out of the oil cooler to keep
> warm during winters in the northeast.  Does anyone have any experience
> with electric heaters such as those sold by Aircraft Spruce?
> Manny Lewis
> ruman@worldnet.att.net