Oil Temp and Cowl Flaps Observations
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Loving the plane. Fantastic work Nick.
I have noticed that the oil temp takes a very long time to get into the green even with 90 degree OAT even with the cowl flaps closed after start.
I have also observed that cowl flaps settings are not impacting oil temp. Maybe a few degrees or no change at all. I have done climbs with cowl flaps closed and descents with them open with throttle at almost idle and there seems to be little change to oil temp. It has been some years since I flew the 114 in real life but cannot recall if this was true with the real plane or not.
Not sure if others have noticed that as well.
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Loving the plane. Fantastic work Nick.
I have noticed that the oil temp takes a very long time to get into the green even with 90 degree OAT even with the cowl flaps closed after start.
I have also observed that cowl flaps settings are not impacting oil temp. Maybe a few degrees or no change at all. I have done climbs with cowl flaps closed and descents with them open with throttle at almost idle and there seems to be little change to oil temp. It has been some years since I flew the 114 in real life but cannot recall if this was true with the real plane or not.
Not sure if others have noticed that as well.
@Bishop Perhaps it's slow, but the oil temperature is definitely influenced by the cylinder head temperature, which is definitely influenced by the cowl flaps. I'll see if I can get some real world observations for the time constant.
