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raymondbird

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Anyone think a ~4000 CFM puller fan and matching large radiator could cool a 6L LS engine ok? With no intake scoop I mean, just cockpit air with open canopy and exiting through louvers in the belly behind the wing.

I'm building a scale replica and don't want to spoil the outline with a ventral belly scoop. Original (ME109) had rads in the wing but with a big gear well cutout ahead of spar, if I go cutting another big hole for a scoop right behind that, wouldn't the torsional strength of the wing skin be severely compromised? I believe so and there is so much room for a larger rad in the back.

Thanks for any thoughts, yay or nay!
 
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