Oil dilution for cold starting
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Mosquito too, to the immediate left of the Navigator, next to the fuel cocks.
Simon Thomas
Senior Airman
This paper also has some good information on dilution, as well as a number of other topics related to aero engines.
The author must have been a bit of a wag, let me quote some of the last page.
Inquisitive people frequently ask embarrassing questions as to just how much the presence of a radiator actually slows down an airplane. The Materiel Division made one very interesting test to determine the answer to this question but, as often happens, the value of the data became lost in the rush of progress, and the airplane upon which the tests were made is now obsolete. Unless the trends can be anticipated by at least three or four years, tests of this kind are discouragingly useless.
The main gas tank was filled with water and the latent heat of vaporization of this water, with the aid of an internally located heat exchanger, provided admirable cooling of the Prestone for a flight of 15 to 20 min. duration, and gave the fascinating appearance of an aerial steam locomotive.
The author must have been a bit of a wag, let me quote some of the last page.
Inquisitive people frequently ask embarrassing questions as to just how much the presence of a radiator actually slows down an airplane. The Materiel Division made one very interesting test to determine the answer to this question but, as often happens, the value of the data became lost in the rush of progress, and the airplane upon which the tests were made is now obsolete. Unless the trends can be anticipated by at least three or four years, tests of this kind are discouragingly useless.
The main gas tank was filled with water and the latent heat of vaporization of this water, with the aid of an internally located heat exchanger, provided admirable cooling of the Prestone for a flight of 15 to 20 min. duration, and gave the fascinating appearance of an aerial steam locomotive.
