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What are cowl flaps?
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message What are cowl flaps for, and how are they used? A) Buy a book. or B) Pay a flight instructor for an hour, and ask him. |
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What are cowl flaps?
Don't forget augmenter tubes, pressure cowls, and the biggy,
how do you cool a jet engine? "John Gaquin" wrote in message . .. | | "Mxsmanic" wrote in message | | What are cowl flaps for, and how are they used? | | A) Buy a book. | | or | | B) Pay a flight instructor for an hour, and ask him. | | |
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What are cowl flaps?
Gary,
You're welcome. (It's the first page that comes up if you google "cowl flaps".) Yeah, but that would make it impossible to start a long-winded discussion with real pilots about how backwards and dangerous the engines on their planes are. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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What are cowl flaps?
5 or 10 knots? What are they freakn' barn doors or something? :-)
Sure your not fibbing? Ron Natalie wrote: In my plane, I can get another five to ten knots when I close them. |
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What are cowl flaps?
Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Natalie writes: They control cooling air through the engine cowls. They are flap shaped "valves" if you want on the outflow of the cooling air. When open, you get more cooling air but that also means more drag. In my plane, I can get another five to ten knots when I close them. I take-off and climb with them open and close them at cruise. Do you do this more or less routinely, or do you actually look at the engine temperatures to see when to open or close them? I get the impression that it's not a super-critical item except in a few circumstances. I always open them before takeoff. With my old engine/cooling setup it was really sensitive, so yes, I had to watch the the temperature when closing them. On my new engine/cooling design it runs pretty cool so I just shut them as a matter of routine when I get to altitude. I do check the CHT and Oil Temp periodically to make sure it's in the green. |
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What are cowl flaps?
Recently, tjd posted:
I went to a restaurant and they had these things called "flapjacks". I'm so confused, are they some sort of aerodynamic device as the name implies, or something you use to hold up the airplane while you change those little black round things (Sorry I can't remember the name of those!)? And what are they doing on a menu? How could I possibly answer this question without annoying a large number of people? I tried typing "flapjacks" into my Google simulator because I'm too scared of the actual Google. But my computer crashed, imagine what the real Google might have done! LOL! This is the response I was looking for! Neil |
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What are cowl flaps?
Thomas Borchert wrote: You're welcome. (It's the first page that comes up if you google "cowl flaps".) Yeah, but that would make it impossible to start a long-winded discussion with real pilots about how backwards and dangerous the engines on their planes are. It would also make it impossible to torture us with responses like that one. Perhaps you could try adding to a discussion instead of dissing it. Even "real" pilots argue over the safety of GA engines. Some people are good at Googling. It could be argued that there's no reason to ever again see questions and answers in any group, since somewhere out there is a reply. But that wouldn't be any fun, as everyone must have their say :-) There's also a lot of people who can't spend much time Googling, since they're still on dialup. They do things the old way, posting multiple pre-made responses at once. I think that actually made for more thought out discussions, since people couldn't just make knee-jerk responses like you see around here. Kev |
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What are cowl flaps?
Recently, Kev posted:
Thomas Borchert wrote: You're welcome. (It's the first page that comes up if you google "cowl flaps".) Yeah, but that would make it impossible to start a long-winded discussion with real pilots about how backwards and dangerous the engines on their planes are. It would also make it impossible to torture us with responses like that one. Or, your response to Thomas', or my response to yours. ;-) When the original topic's question can be thoroughly answered by reading the first hit of a Google search, there really isn't much to add to the "discussion". It's not like there will be conflicting opinions about this question. So, might as well make it enjoyable for the rest of us who have grown pretty tired of such pointless engagements. Neil |
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What are cowl flaps?
Neil Gould wrote: Recently, Kev posted: Thomas Borchert wrote: Yeah, but that would make it impossible to start a long-winded discussion with real pilots about how backwards and dangerous the engines on their planes are. It would also make it impossible to torture us with responses like that one. Or, your response to Thomas', or my response to yours. ;-) LOL. Exactly ;-) When the original topic's question can be thoroughly answered by reading the first hit of a Google search, there really isn't much to add to the "discussion". It's not like there will be conflicting opinions about this question. So, might as well make it enjoyable for the rest of us who have grown pretty tired of such pointless engagements. Yep, if people would just let him get answered by those interested enough to answer with a real reply, then the threads would be small and we'd all be in good shape. Regards, Kev |
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What are cowl flaps?
Kev wrote:
Neil Gould wrote: Recently, Kev posted: Thomas Borchert wrote: Yeah, but that would make it impossible to start a long-winded discussion with real pilots about how backwards and dangerous the engines on their planes are. It would also make it impossible to torture us with responses like that one. Or, your response to Thomas', or my response to yours. ;-) LOL. Exactly ;-) When the original topic's question can be thoroughly answered by reading the first hit of a Google search, there really isn't much to add to the "discussion". It's not like there will be conflicting opinions about this question. So, might as well make it enjoyable for the rest of us who have grown pretty tired of such pointless engagements. Yep, if people would just let him get answered by those interested enough to answer with a real reply, then the threads would be small and we'd all be in good shape. Regards, Kev But as has been pointed out so many times, often as not he then replies with a statement about how he is right and the poster is wrong. His answers are often wrong and if not corrected will be putting out bad information in a forum that prides itself on correct information. |
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