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Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: [!! SPAM] RE: Kitfox dead stick practice

At 11:12 AM 12/15/2008, you wrote:

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		  My

question re engine cooling (582);  do you shock cool the engine more with a

long glide at idle (folks say the 582 likes a 2000 rpm idle) or by turning

the engine off and stopping the prop?


	


Can't shock cool a 582 either way because it's water cooled. What you 

do have to watch out for is getting a cold seizure. What you don't 

want to do is dead stick engine off to the runway, decide you're not 

going to make it, start the engine and immediately give it full 

throttle. If the pistons are still warm and the radiator cold you may 

seize just as soon as the thermostat opens. (Don't know what happens 

if you're not running a thermostat.)



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		  Are 582s typically easy to air start

with electric starter?


	


Extremely.

Guy Buchanan

San Diego, CA

K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

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