Lower CHTs - Aerovee is 20!

Lower CHTs - Aerovee is 20!

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:54 am

by daleandee

In an article in the Kitplanes newsletter I found an interesting statement:

To suit the cosmetics of the Flitzer, Rupert polished the characteristic red anodizing off the AeroVee’s intake elbows and found his CHTs dropped by 50° F.

Article is here:
https://www.kitplanes.com/the-aeroconve … -turns-20/

FWIW,

Dale
N319WF


Re: Lower CHTs - Aerovee is 20!

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:19 am

by XenosN42

daleandee wrote:In an article in the Kitplanes newsletter I found an interesting statement:

To suit the cosmetics of the Flitzer, Rupert polished the characteristic red anodizing off the AeroVee’s intake elbows and found his CHTs dropped by 50° F.

Article is here:
https://www.kitplanes.com/the-aeroconve … -turns-20/

FWIW,

Dale
N319WF

I noticed that too. Pretty incredible statement. I can’t believe it, absent at least a summary of their testing methods. Were all other factors constant?