Hello Paul an group,
There is another reason that may be secondary but is one of the reasons
for a thermostat. People hate to be cold and even in Australia the
common complaint in winter is the heater does not work quick enough.
The comfort of the inertia is more important to the driver or
passengers. There is many variations in the motor industry and the
combination of pump and thermo stat are normally designed for the type
of vehicle, engine size, operating condition and varies in different
environments. If we need to get our engines warned up on a cold day we
should fit cowl flap over rides or make then manual to bring the
engine up to temp before we go to full power on take of.
We are building Aero planes and need to look at the basic
cooling technology and look to apply it to our situation being the
climate that we are operating in and the type and speed of our planes.
We can use the cooling tech papers and other information but we need
to focused on our goals and use what is applicable.
I have said my piece for today


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Best regards,
 ddunbar                          mailto:ddunbar@echidna.id.au

And it is a good piece too.

Paul Lamar
 
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