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Old 08-07-2004 | 01:03 PM
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acropilot_ty
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Default RE: Spinner/prop/cowl aero interaction

Big spinners are Good when considering the aerodynamics of the prop, and the aerodynamics of the cowl/fuselage, but they make cooling difficult. If you look at modern full size planes with large spinners they either have cooling inlets that are very far out to the sides like a lancair... or they have an anular inlet around the bottom half of the spinner like Sean Tuckers Pitts, or the new aerobatic airplane called the Chanute.
Ty
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