Surface radiators for water cooled engines

Henry "Smokey" Yunick already did.

Corky Scott wrote:
I don't think anyone has any experience actually building the type of
cooling system you suggest. I further postulate that the reason is
because it doesn't work very well, is extremely difficult to fabricate
and co$t$ too much for the supposed (and as yet undetermined)
benefits.

But if you feel you can build this type of system, perhaps you should.
Then you can tell the world about your success.

Corky Scott

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:07:12 -0400, Wooduuuward
wrote:

Henry "Smokey" Yunick already did.

Corky Scott wrote:
I don't think anyone has any experience actually building the type of
cooling system you suggest. I further postulate that the reason is
because it doesn't work very well, is extremely difficult to fabricate
and co$t$ too much for the supposed (and as yet undetermined)
benefits.

But if you feel you can build this type of system, perhaps you should.
Then you can tell the world about your success.

Corky Scott

Right, Smokey was nearly a God. He could pull more power out of an
engine than just about anyone else who called him a peer.

But for some reason, this cooling system he invented/fabricated did
not become widely known. Wonder why not? Could it be that it was too
expensive, too hard to fabricate and too vulnerable?

Corky Scott

In article ,
(Corky Scott) wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:07:12 -0400, Wooduuuward
wrote:

Henry "Smokey" Yunick already did.

Corky Scott wrote:
I don't think anyone has any experience actually building the type of
cooling system you suggest. I further postulate that the reason is
because it doesn't work very well, is extremely difficult to fabricate
and co$t$ too much for the supposed (and as yet undetermined)
benefits.

But if you feel you can build this type of system, perhaps you should.
Then you can tell the world about your success.

Corky Scott

Right, Smokey was nearly a God. He could pull more power out of an
engine than just about anyone else who called him a peer.

But for some reason, this cooling system he invented/fabricated did
not become widely known. Wonder why not? Could it be that it was too
expensive, too hard to fabricate and too vulnerable?

Corky Scott

I believe that the thermodynamics involved don't fit the problem.
Evaproating the fuel as it goes into the engin won't provide sufficient
cooling to do the job.

Regarding surface radiators, they are too prone to crack development,
being exposed to constant vibration and airframe flexing to be practical.

The Scneider Cup racers of the 20s/30s flew only a few hours total, so
there was no long-term exposure to these conditions. I would certainly
hate to have one start spewing coolant over the middle of Alligator
Swamp.

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the adiabatic engine in Popular Science, used almost no water to cool the
engine because it was designed to run red hot. It was designed and tested in small
car by Smokey.

Corky Scott wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:07:12 -0400, Wooduuuward
wrote:

Henry "Smokey" Yunick already did.

Corky Scott wrote:
I don't think anyone has any experience actually building the type of
cooling system you suggest. I further postulate that the reason is
because it doesn't work very well, is extremely difficult to fabricate
and co$t$ too much for the supposed (and as yet undetermined)
benefits.

But if you feel you can build this type of system, perhaps you should.
Then you can tell the world about your success.

Corky Scott

Right, Smokey was nearly a God. He could pull more power out of an
engine than just about anyone else who called him a peer.

But for some reason, this cooling system he invented/fabricated did
not become widely known. Wonder why not? Could it be that it was too
expensive, too hard to fabricate and too vulnerable?

Corky Scott