That's interesting, I would have thought that even though the air is
less dense at altitude it is also a lot colder.
Also I found that Diesel engines work better at night, which I guess may
be down to air density?
Hendrik
who is dense
On 03/10/12 09:03, relng...@aol.com wrote:
The important thing is to lower the temp of the compressed air to make it
more dense and thus lower the CHT. Intercoolers have been around since at
least WW2 and are common in turbocharged gas engines. Including aircraft. Even
so and intercooler or not, big-inch Continental aircraft engines can
overheat at high altitudes.
And a bit OT, there is a new French built 4-cylinder Jet-A engine available
in the Cessna 172 that is intercooled and pulls nearly 100 inches of
manifold pressure. It is a compression ignition engine but is built for Jet-A,
not
diesel fuel.
Costs about $500K, BTW.
RLE
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