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Old September 18th 10, 11:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mark wrote:

Clarification: With regard to the cooling of a sealed brushless
motor, your concerns and comments about air density are
basically irrelevant. They cool differently than open typical
electric motors that rely on air circulation.


Yeah, how is that, magic?

There are only two ways to cool any motor, and it doesn't matter whether
it is an ICE or electric.

You either put a bunch of pipes in the motor, run a fluid through them,
and dump the heat with a radiator that has air flowing through it or you
put cooling fins on the motor and that have air flowing over them.

And air at altitude may be cold, but it is also thin which means you have
to move a lot more air at altitude than sea level to get the same cooling.


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Jim Pennino

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