Rotax 912ULC in towing plane
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10 years ago
912 ULS (error in topic).
Hi. This summer I'll try to tow gliders by my C42A.
Plane is designed for towing up to 650kg glider and has oryginal TOST hook.
I'm looking for advises from somebody who tried to do this on ultralight. Especially I'm curious about tricks on cooling system. Now my plane heats up to 100*C CHT on long climbing but I expect that with glider it will not be so comfortable.
To avoid overheat I installed flybox minieis with temperature alerts but I'm curious what I can do to improve cooling of engine.
It I will have problem's I'm thinking about:
- replace oil cooler with water/oil exchanger like in C42B and later
- use oil cooler as an extra water cooler (can I use the same, cleaned cooler for water? )
- load/unload propeller - with way?
Hi. This summer I'll try to tow gliders by my C42A.
Plane is designed for towing up to 650kg glider and has oryginal TOST hook.
I'm looking for advises from somebody who tried to do this on ultralight. Especially I'm curious about tricks on cooling system. Now my plane heats up to 100*C CHT on long climbing but I expect that with glider it will not be so comfortable.
To avoid overheat I installed flybox minieis with temperature alerts but I'm curious what I can do to improve cooling of engine.
It I will have problem's I'm thinking about:
- replace oil cooler with water/oil exchanger like in C42B and later
- use oil cooler as an extra water cooler (can I use the same, cleaned cooler for water? )
- load/unload propeller - with way?
