<VV> mythbusters and pickup beds

[Vairtec Corporation]

J R Read_HML wrote:
> So, what effect (never thought to try it) would leaving the engine access 
> door open (or removing it) on an FC have - in terms of engine heat?
>   

The effect would be to cause the engine to run hotter.  Opening the 
engine access door will permit hot air, exhausted via the bottom of the 
engine, to be drawn back in through the the open door.

--Bob Marlow