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leeschaumberg 07-08-2008 12:56 PM
The piston aircraft engine of tomorrow
 
More than a century ago two bicycle mechanics used a water cooled engine to get off the ground. This was the original USA homebuilt. Now almost every body flies around with an aircooled engine. Not knowing these folks before today http//www.liquidcooledairpower.com from Hermosa Beach, Ca sell a kit to convert a o360 or o540 lycoming to a liquid cooled engine. They claim almost 20 more hp on a 360 with a 30 lb penalty. Check them out

Tandem46 07-08-2008 01:31 PM
Lee,
I posted about this company SEVEN years ago on this site (well, Doug's Yahoo groups before it became the forum it is today.) Anyway, nothing has changed in those seven years. The website hasn't even been updated in almost five years. Every so often someone on this forum mentions something about this company and then they find out there's not much there if anything. Back in 2001 after reading that Dick Rutan had flown with the cool jugs, I contacted Dick and he told me to stay away from them. I have.

Just trying to save a brother some trouble.

leeschaumberg 07-08-2008 01:47 PM
Cool Engine
 
Back in 2001 after reading that Dick Rutan had flown with the cool jugs, I contacted Dick and he told me to stay away from them. I have.

Just trying to save a brother some trouble.[/quote]



Thanks Tobin --------------------Lee

John Clark 07-08-2008 01:58 PM
OK, I checked them out...
 
and found just what I expected. Very old website living on a server somewhere. Google maps shows the address in a residential section of Hermosa Beach. The California Secretary of State shows that the corporation is still "active" but that just means someone has filed forms.

A little due diligence should be accomplished before posting things like this.

John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA


Quote:
Originally Posted by leeschaumberg (Post 237421)
More than a century ago two bicycle mechanics used a water cooled engine to get off the ground. This was the original USA homebuilt. Now almost every body flies around with an aircooled engine. Not knowing these folks before today http//www.liquidcooledairpower.com from Hermosa Beach, Ca sell a kit to convert a o360 or o540 lycoming to a liquid cooled engine. They claim almost 20 more hp on a 360 with a 30 lb penalty. Check them out

breister 07-08-2008 02:47 PM
Site reverts to a domain registrar now, doesn't even display.

RVbySDI 07-08-2008 03:41 PM
How about thinking outside the box?
 
Maybe we should go beyond looking at reworking what was accomplished 100 years ago and think outside the box! Who knows, maybe we could figure out that we don't always have to stick with 100 year old technology to be safe and efficient.

With this in mind maybe we should think about this idea:

http://www.photonics.com/content/new.../12/92069.aspx

osxuser 07-08-2008 07:37 PM
Cooljugs has been around for awhile, but nothing ever seems to change from them, same old offerings, too high a price. The product doesn't seem like a bad idea.


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