HOW TO COOL YOUR WANKEL BOOK

This 100 page book can be used as a guide when designing a liquid cooled Wankel rotary engine installation in an experimental aircraft. Information from the Aircraft Rotary Engine Internet Newsletter and a compilation of the published information from the established international experts in the field over the last seventy years. Includes a bibliography. The information applies to any liquid cooled aircraft engine. Printed on heavy weight gloss paper with many color illustrations and pictures (Sizes 8-3/8 x 10-1/2 x 1/2).   TABLE OF CONTENTS • History of liquid cooled aircraft engines • Back Ground on Air Cooled Aircraft Piston Engines Pros&Cons • Review of basic physical principals and history • Heat balance • Heat energy thrown away • Horse power per cubic inch • Heat transfer principles • Rate of heat dissipation as a function of combustion chamber area • The heavy duty Mazda rotary engine • Rate of heat transfer • Electric coolant pumps • Catastrophic cooling failure • Introduction to heat exchangers • Kays & London Introduction • Thick verses thin heat exchangers • Improvements in heat exchangers • Practical limits on the dimensions of heat exchangers • Cross counter flow heat exchangers • Getting the air to flow through the heat exchanger • Designing a low drag cooling system • The Kuchemann & Weber trumpet shaped diffuser • Kays & London wedge shaped diffuser • Quick and simple cooling system • P51 style aft mounted heat exchangers • Under the engine mounted heat exchangers inside the cowl • Side mounted heat exchangers • The exit duct or the back side of the heat exchanger • Cowl flaps • Cowl flap drag • Cowl Flap Case Study • Thermostat • NACA Scoops • External diffusion • Exhaust Augmenters • The All Important Cooling System Plumbing Fabrication Details • Coolant • Coolant Boiling and Freezing Points • Radiator cap • Radiator Cap Valves • Coolant recovery system • Oil to water heat exchangers • Cooling system pressure gage • Teflon encapsulated silicone O rings • Modifying the water jacket for better metal cooling • Inadvertently Running the engine without coolant • Testing and developing your cooling system in the air • Air Flow Measuring Tools

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