REFLECTOR:Cooling one cylinder

[Wayne Owens]

Why not make them adjustable so you can tune the cooling.
Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Derrick" <scott@tnstaafl.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>; <Canards@tnstaafl.net>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR:Cooling one cylinder


> the #2 cylinder has run hot since I bought my plane.  #2 is the right
> rear cylinder looking forward, #4 is right next to #2 towards the front.
>
> I need to cool it down, the other three are fine, in fact #4, #2's cowl
> mate runs the coolest. Which indicates to me that I need to take some of
> the air from #4 and put it on #2.
>
> I have a STD Rg with the arm pit scoops for engine cooling.  Each inside
> each scoop is a diverter fin, directing some of the air towards the
> forward cylinder and letting the rest inter the cowling towards towards
> the rear.
>
> There are no other diverting fins inside the lower cowling. The Baffling
> is the standard factory updraft kit.  I silly-coned and added some red
> baffling tape last summer to all the holes I could see which helped all
> the cylinders about equally. About a 10 degree drop.
>
> Seems like one of the things I could do is cut a bit of the fin off so
> it lets more air towards the rear of the cowling.
>
> Seems like I could also build a fiberglass fin into the lower cowling
> near the #2 cylinder that would more directly focus the air up through
> the cylinder.
>
> Which should I do first?  Or do both together?  Any other ideas.
>
> Scott
>
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