REFLECTOR: cooling requirements

[michalk]

I have in-flight adjustable armpit scoops.  This was done before the 
advent of overhead cooling scoops, and I'm not going to change it unless 
it doesn't work.

Like Al, it's fixed for the first flights until I can get the automation 
in place to manage the scoops.

I have a linear stepper motor which drives a rod that opens and closes 
the opening to the scoop.  My napkins say that the scoops should be 
about 1 by 6 inches in cruise.  Of course I have no idea where the 
boundary layer is.

Al Gietzen wrote:
> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: cooling requirements
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> Has anyone experimented  with a variable inlet cooling system for a 
> water cooled engine?
> 
> Wayne
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> I’ve toyed with ideas for how to make a variable inlet on my scoop 
> without messing up its effectiveness; but decided to get my plane flying 
> and prove out the rest of the stuff before experimenting with that.  It 
> will be on my list when I start concerning myself getting a couple extra 
> knots.
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> 
> Al
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