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- From: bloom@inland.com
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: FAQ? (questions about engines)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.083511.2295@inland.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 08:35:11 CST
- References: <1992Sep8.085235.2282@inland.com> <1992Sep10.025001.18866@c3177208.ssr.hp.com>
- Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN
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- In article <1992Sep10.025001.18866@c3177208.ssr.hp.com>, bill@c3177208.ssr.hp.com (Bill Chidester) writes:
- >
- > Cold plugs still use fat wires!
- >
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- OK, if you don't believe me, how about Mike Billington? He holds
- FAI records for control line speed and writes a column on engine
- reviews including dyno tests every month. I'll provide the reference
- if you wish.
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- > :
- > :
- > At any rate, when I put FAI fuel in my cowled Cherokee and run an O/S
- > .45 up at 14,000 RPM, it runs too hot. When I put in 10% nitro and
- > run at 14,000 RPM, it runs cooler -- no popping, no burnt oil odor, no
- > skin sizzling head temperature. Same RPM, same prop = same horsepower.
- > It may well be that I'm running richer (not sure, may have to pay more
- > attention next time), but the nitro definitely gives me a cooler running
- > engine. Now, we can extend this to leaning the mixture to the point that
- > we're now running the same temperature as the FAI, but we will then be
- > running more RPM. The addition of the nitro is yielding more power at
- > the same temperature. Same power, lower temperature: Same temperature,
- > more power. In neither case did the addition of the nitro cause the
- > engine to run hotter!
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- Running any engine too lean will cause the temperature to increase. Your
- experiment is flawed. The point is to run an engine on the two fuels
- in the proper mixture range and then measure the results. You will find
- that higher nitro produces both higher rpm and higher engine
- temperatures. As an example of nitro creating more heat in an engine, as
- engine displacement is decreased the glow engines require more nitro
- to maintain operating temperature to keep the plug lit. This is the
- reason that the .049 engines need 25% nitro to run and your .40 inch
- engine will do fine on 5-10% nitro. As displacement decreases, engines
- run cooler because the surface to volume ratio of the engine increases.
- The engine loses heat proportional to the surface area and generates heat
- proportional to the volume (displacement) of the engine.
- Little engines run too cool without the added nitro for heat.
- Any questions? I'll use Clarence Lee and Mike Billington as references.
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