Mike Wills wrote:

At 08:13 AM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote:

Wrathall Mark wrote:

Hi Paul,

It will be interesting to keep an I one this guys experiences.
Especially cooling.

http://hometown.aol.com/rvbldr3170/RV-4/RV-4.htm

I think he would be better off using composites for
that rad scoop :-)

PL

Paul,

 I emailed Merle to ask about his radiator. Its a custom aluminum job made
by C&R Racing. Pricing looks about the same as Fluidyne who Ive mentioned
here before (expensive) but they have no qualms about building for
aircraft. Merle said he was up front about his application and they were
extremely helpful. He recommended them highly. You might want to link to
C&Rs website from the ACRE website. They are at:

http://www.crracing.com/

 BTW he used a short thick core (22 X 8 X 3.5) so that the rad would fit
entirely within that external duct shown in the picture. No airframe
structural mods required for this installation.
 I agree, he coulda done a nicer looking scoop with composite but its hard
to get us metal airplane guys to work with plastic airplane materials!

Mike Wills

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