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Re: Europa-List: Into wind or downwind to run cooler on ground?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Into wind or downwind to run cooler on ground?
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:30:49

Some guys here in UK with a Jab 6 tri gear had bad cooling problems with 
a Warp Drive 3 blade. Changed to a 2 blade with wider roots close to the 
hub and that improved the cooling significantly
Graham

Duncan Bennett wrote:
> 
> We have. Into wind was better for our Europa with a 3-blade Warp prop. The
> reason I mention the prop is that we switched prop and saw considerable
> improvement in the cooling.
> 
> My theory is that our 3 blade Warp prop was not good at pushing air into the
> cowling so pointing it into wind made a big difference. I am not sure how
> this theory fits into your scenario?????
> 
> Duncan Bennett



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