Dual Setrap Oil Coolers

[U2fletch]

Just assembled the dual Setrap 9 row oil coolers. They have rubber shock mounts and O-Rings on the cooler fittings. Very nice quality. Pictured next to the Pacific 11 row cooler that will go bye-bye. These are going in our BH5 build with IO-580. We are based in Phoenix area and routinely fly in 100+ temps.

 

[tdendinger]

Excited to see how these work, are you going to mount them to the rear baffles or somewhere else?

 

[U2fletch]

Plan is at the edges of the cowl. 3" SCAT tubes coming from side mounted NACA ducts. Worse case is I make a P-51 style radiator cowl between the gear legs!

 

[johnhansen]

U2fletch I would totally go with the P-51 under the pilot's seat, just for the aesthetic factor alone! If folks put in a belly pod, you could put in the dual radiator (oops - oil cooler) scoop and outlet. Of course, running the oil lines that far might present some engineering challenges, but you're the guru in solving that - oil being a lot thicker than the coolant in the P-51.