Radiator Cap

[John Hess]

ever hear of a P-40, Spitfire, P-38 Lightning, P51 Mustang, ME -109, or
a Hawker Hurricaine?  All are "water" cooled!


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> From: 	Johnny[SMTP:johnny at johnny-enterprises.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, October 16, 1997 1:51 PM
> To: 	diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Radiator Cap
> 
> Tom Cloud wrote:
> > 
> > -j- denigrated
> > >
> > >Tom Cloud wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >fast to shed the heat is a moot poit. The FACT of the matter is,
> running
> > >> >without a thermostat or a rerasonable facsimile thereof can be
> dangerous
> > >> >to your engine's health - and yours if that engine happens to be
> in an
> > >> >airplane.
> > >> >                             _/\_
> > >> >                     --|-----([])-----|--
> > >> >                       S    0/  \0    B
> > >>
> > >> I thought aeroplanes were air cooled ????
> > >
> > >Oh brother... not another one.
> > >
> > >-j-
> > >
> > (and I, foolishly, stuck it out again ;-)
> > 
> > well  ....  aren't they ???  .... I mean, I know there's oil juicing
> > around in there summers, and that's a coolant, but (not an aviator)
> > never heard of a wawa cooled plane engine ??   (I mean, I thought
> that
> > big fan in front was because it didn't have a radiator  ;-)
> besides,
> > where do you put the little radiator ??   hmmmmm ?  (After all,
> > didn't Howard build the "Sprucey Goosey" outa wood so it'd float
> > and do double duty ?)
> 
> Water cooled engines in aviation go all the way back to some of the
> first powered flights. All along the way there has been water cooled
> engines in airplanes. Ever see a Rolls or an Allison? Those might be a
> couple of the more well known ones. Most little general aviation
> planes
> you see at the airport have aircooled engines in them, but even so, I
> still like them.
> 
> For a look at what some people consider to be the prefered method,
> have
> a click on http://www.johnny-enterprises.com/
> 
> -j-
>