ORIGINAL: Ruudje
Hi Guys,
What do you think about this plan of cooling my engine… I have a 3W muffler inside my fuse. I want to make an epoxy tunnel that leads air from the engine compartment through the tunnel. Hot air will leave through the radiators in the wing (I already made tunnels in the wing) and from the fin and tail wheel of the plane.
I hope the radiators have some kind of ‘venturi-effect’ and will suck the hot air out of the fuse.
Air will enter through the chin scoop...?
Do you think this will work…?
Any experience/help is apprieciated.
seems pretty complicated to me. I cool my Spit by putting a "flapper" door on the lower cowl and it opens when the propwash hits it....air is baffled over the engine cylinder and exits at the bottom of the firewall where the exhaust pipes dump the exhaust. I opened up the scale exhaust to provide additional venting of heat