bobwaldron
New Member
Flying temperatures around here have been from 10 - 20 F degrees of late. My oil temperature hasn't risen above 140 F over the last couple of flights and sure enough I had the tell tails sign on moisture in my oil. I devised a small baffle plate to restrict air to my oil cooler (see photos). I drilled 3 half inch holes for some air flow flexibility that I can cover with aluminum tape (ground adjustable of course).
On my test flight the ground temperature was 0 F however but we had an inversion and at my 1500 AGL cruise altitude was 32 F. I had all three holes covered as in the third photo. After a 30 minute flight my oil temp read 203 F at ~70% power and looked relatively stable (+/- 5 F).
I read with interest on the forum about the Gate 9 Oil Cooler shutter. Is that available as a kit? From where? I didn't see a link and came up empty with a web search (though easy enough with a tuna can
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-Bob
On my test flight the ground temperature was 0 F however but we had an inversion and at my 1500 AGL cruise altitude was 32 F. I had all three holes covered as in the third photo. After a 30 minute flight my oil temp read 203 F at ~70% power and looked relatively stable (+/- 5 F).
I read with interest on the forum about the Gate 9 Oil Cooler shutter. Is that available as a kit? From where? I didn't see a link and came up empty with a web search (though easy enough with a tuna can
. -Bob
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