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  1. danny_galaga
    Yeah, it's a funky design. Instead of one larger oil cooler, theres two smaller ones. The top one is in and out, which i.guess has the advantage of none of that hot air going over the engine. More likely it's designed that way to make the engine cowl quite a tight fitting affair. Witness for instance where oil coolers end up on WW2 aircraft 😇
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    My top oil cooler is mounted with these on the top of the engine. The bottom oil cooler and the radiator are just mounted directly to the bottom cowl.
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    Tough call 🤔
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    Yes OS is probably still the most popular
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    No. But many engines (like my own childhood engine) hardly got any run time on them before being jammed in the back of a drawer. So quite a few near new ones pop up. They are popular for stunt because there's a certain speed you need to fly, any improvements on power are wasted in this case. There's a few Ruskie and Ukrainian engines around too.
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    A number of guys are running Fox 35s at the club 🙂
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    Id say you should email them, but they've gone broke in the meantime 😄
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    From the build manual. Doesn't look like that big a deal to me. And I still don't understand what YOU don't understand about having different radiators for aircraft with different performances. Its as if you couldn't see that maybe a radiator from a F1 car might not perform exactly the same in a LandCruiser 😇
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    The port size is 22mm, not as small as you are probably imagining
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    It's much the same size in the similarly performing zenith and savannah 701. What's your theory then, since the radiators are roughly the same price? Seems to me a slow aircraft could do with a larger radiator. Maybe you ought to write to the bush plane manufacturers and tell them they've been doing it all wrong 😇
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    I reckon maybe that one is for general low wing plane use, and slow draggy planes like mine are best off with something a bit different
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    Damn, that's clever work 😎
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    Interesting news concerning the airline and possible culture/lack of training issues https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-india-pilots-suspension-boeing-777-stall-warning-b2780259.html
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    Nice work rotating the motor. I've built it's brother the Spitfire, so I know it has hardwood engine bearers. I presume you left those out and fitted a radial mount to the firewall?
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    Look what I just won at the clubs annual dinner raffle ☺️ This kit is for carrier class. If you fly it in that class, it's 3 line control for throttle. Incidentally, I've found the quickest and easiest way to keep my photos upright here is to just screenshot it 😁
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    Impressive, but the video to these old eyes is mostly looking at some lovely clouds and lots of humming ☺️
  17. danny_galaga
    I didn't randomly choose that radiator.. people much smarter than me, aeronautical engineers, chose that part number. Now I look at it, it seems bigger than the standard Rotax jobby. Considering that it's a low n slow plane from a hot country, and the particular location of the radiator, I'm guessing they crunched some numbers on a variety of options and this one did the job for a reasonable price 😇
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    Right now I have to put tape on it to keep the temperature up. So I guess it's not too bad at its job 😇
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    In the case of my Setrab, it can be used for either. No confusion from me 😇
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    Thats good news. That price seems quite reasonable, similar in price to Setrab. Mayb Rotax radiators are made by Setrab 😄 Ha. Setrab cost MORE! Mind you, i think its a bigger radiator. This is what goes in the Bushcat: https://www.efisolutions.com.au/setrab-proline-std-oil-fluid-cooler-series-9-405mm~143016?srsltid=AfmBOoqZPRFVrt9dpFfaFCFrdlBTnnYo5pnc6ENs5a8rG0fEtEJMOTWS
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    For what it's worth, my Bushcat uses Setrab coolers, from Europe. I think you could probably get them from performance car shops. As far as I'm aware, there has been no issues in any Bushcat. They aren't dirt cheap, but $90 sounds TOO cheap for an aircraft. Not sure of specific prices but I bet Setrab are cheaper than something with a Rotax sticker on it 😁
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    Gas turbines are also used in electricity generation.
  23. danny_galaga
    What ol' yam tits doesn't grasp is that corporations don't care. If it's beneficial to them, they'll develop it and sell it overseas. It doesn't HAVE to be bought by Americans...
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    Why does this truck remind me of Moon Patrol?
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    Seems they might be getting with the program again https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/new-electric-car-battery-breakthrough-and-its-not-from-china-american-carmaker-gm-forging
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