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?