RCU Forums - View Single Post - source of cooling air?
View Single Post
Old 01-11-2007 | 07:11 PM
  #1  
rc bugman
My Feedback: (30)
 
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,018
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Ithaca, NY
Default source of cooling air?

Here is the question:

When an uncowled engine is on a plane moving forward at 50 mph, what is the source of the cooling air?

Is it prop wash off of the propeller or from the forward speed of the airplane?

I am trying to design an engine cooling shroud for an exposed 4 cylinder and depending on the source of the cooling air, the shroud needs to be designed differently.

Elson