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Old 09-27-2013 | 02:16 PM
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Steve S. Helland
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Default Gas Engine Cooling Ideas
I thought this would be cool to post (did you catch that pun?)
When using a single inverted cylinder like so many of us do it is wise to make sure that it is adequately cooled inside the engine cowling. I have always known about this issue but until recently I never really did anything about it. This all started with an airplane that would die at idle in the glide slope on final approach...I tried everything from changing carb linkage geometry to removing the carb stack. Neither of the before mentioned worked so the only thing it could have been was that my engine was running too hot.
Here are a couple of examples. I used cat food carton card stock for the initial shape then simply laid up fiberglass over it then painted it. No more dead sticks-WOW.
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