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Unread 03-20-2006, 04:41 AM   #18
Marci
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Default Re: 24T-36T coolingworks rads? Anyone comment

No comments to add really - made to CoolingWorks usual standards etc, should be peachy... higher fpi than us but thinner core... swings n roundabouts for marginal results these days. There's only so far tweaking a design will get you and we're all coming up to the same line... much as Willlie was saying back in the PA-related threads of the day...

Anyways - below 10fpi - tricky to get good output without major tooling reworks... lot of "scrap" rads produced... hard to retain integrity, stop the core from twisting etc - not enough rigidity and the lower the FPI, the messier each row-end tends to end up being... anyone releasing sub-10fpi rads is an unlikely event imo. Was the 12T not also 12FPI? Is this nothing new other than a footprint increase? Can't recall offhand and FPI not listed on the site...

If merely a footprint extension, then find testing results for 12T and extrapolate for 2x120 and 3x120. Bill already showed that doing so rings true to test results when he tested HE Series - only ever tested single and double, extrapolated triple... so extrapolation can easily avoid any need for testing if results exist for 1x120 and all other specs match other than length.
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