<VV> Electric cooling fan results

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Mon Jul 30 19:17:06 EDT 2007


I have seen a 60 Corvair engine run for about 30 minutes with no fan 
belt at full throttle. The engine did not quit, it was stopped so the 
fire could be put out....

Frank DuVal

Ron wrote:

> At full throttle?
>
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <AeroNed at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:10 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Electric cooling fan results
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/30/2007 3:13:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> JVHRoberts at aol.com writes:
>>
>> Well, if  you drove a Corvair at 200 MPH, it might work!! It's not prop
>> wash,
>> its ram air that cools aircraft engines.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not totally true...you can run an airplane engine on the ground for 
>> as long
>> as you want with out anything but prop wash for cooling, BTDT.
>>
>> Ned
>>
>>
>>
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