on 10/17/04 3:39 PM, Graham Singleton at graham@gflight.f9.co.uk wrote:
> I am disappointed with the design of the cooling duct on the XS. IMHO (in
> other words my guess) the duct takes in about twice as much air as it needs
> but doesn't duct it smoothly, neither is it properly sealed to keep CO etc
> where it belongs. Not all the air coming in goes for cooling.
> Look at the duct on a BanBi they don't overheat AFAIK. Inlet area is much
> smaller, so is outlet.
> The duct has to smoothly recover the pressure of the entering air, push it
> through the radiators, and nowhere else, except the cabin for heating. then
> accelerate it back to flying speed or better still, greater than flying
> speed. I wish someone would refine the design a little. It would make the
> airplane look even prettier. We should not be too hard on Ivan, he was
> under pressure to generate some cash at the time. Quite a few folks jobs
> depended on him not making too many bum decisions. Pity it was all wasted
> when he was moved aside. (my view from some distance)
> Graham
Graham,
I concur; I suspect you would be pleased w/ Alex Bowman's cowling for his
CAM 125 installation which segues into a very slick monowheel fairing mod.
Neil Varcoe at vortac.shaw.ca has production molds and some awesome in
flight photos which I will forward to you; regrettably, I have yet to master
the computer skills to post such photos on our Europa builder photo site.
Fred
A194
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