<VV> Fans and air flow

[Jim Houston]

You could always do what Preston Tucker did with the Franklin Aircooled 
Aircraft engines that he used in the '48 Tucker automobile ---  convert 
to water cooled cylinders, mount a radiator in the trunk with and 
electric fan and eliminate the engine fan completely!!!  ;-)
(Note tongue planted firmly in cheek . . )

Jim Houston
Tampa, FL

Tony Underwood wrote:
> At 07:00 PM 8/1/2007, Ken Campbell wrote:
>
>
>> .... how about " a bucket of hot air takes no more power to pour out the
>> back than a bucket of cool air .... "    ??
>>
>> ***********
>> My guess is that about 1 or 2 horses is really all that a really 
>> dynamite
>> designed system would take to cool the vair .........
>
>
> Ah HAH!   Somebody gets it!     Efficiency is the word.
>
> By the way:   I'm of the opinion that with some dedication and 
> attention, it's not beyond reason that it could be done with less than 
> one horsepower IF all the options were exploited, such as taking 
> advantage of every trick available.
>
>
>
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