Low Drag Radiator Duct | Project Mosquito Ep107
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Ducting our Mini supercars cooling system to evoke the aerodynamics of the greatest drivers cars in history and it might even generate thrust
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I can’t be the only one that wants to see the copper sink! Good video. Interesting to see a different approach to the radiator ducts. I still need to make a reverse scoop to go onto my bonnet cut out
"Hot air is big and squishy."
- Oliver Pickard
Great fun! I would never class myself as a real 'fabricator', but building stuff like that definitely floats my boat. Lovely to watch.
The engine heat exhaust on the famous American fighter plane the P51B actually produced thrust which is what you are trying to do here. Great work gentleman. My only concern is what will happen when you are in traffic and no forced air through the radiator from forward motion. Engine heat from the car in front in a traffic stop also causes an increase in your cars engine temperature. I found that an electric fan BEHIND the radiator massively reduced the engine temp in my car. If you put the fan in front it causes an air stand off when stationary, try blowing smoke through the grille with the fan on to determine success. All based on my attempts to keep a Frog Eye Sprite cool in an ENGLISH summer!
Such a so beautyful handmade job !
Thanks!
Thank you Matthew!
Great s usual boys!
Wonderful and fascinating as usual guys.
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Fantastic.
Ducting and venting is wonderful.
Love the video I am excited for the coming changes 🦟🦟🦟
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12:37 The same principle is used in bucketed carbs to draw fuel. It also works to atomise the fuel effectively. A brilliant bit of engineering.
Honestly, i despise pop rivets, if only because my wrists are entirely too skinny to sustain long drawn-out sessions, respects to you guys for doing what must be 50 mm centres, and not giving up!
Benefits of living next door to dad is you can pinch his tools and generally return them before he notices. 🤭
If you design your from floor tray correctly it should help the Venturi effect as the radiator is being ducted into the wheel arch area .
Generally I’d also put 2 fans behind the radiator.
Thanks again for another enjoyable video.
🦟🦟Beautiful work lads and I will say that was your best intro to date!🦟🦟
Wow! It's coming along good.
Sweet 😁. First comment 😁😁😁. Hello from the middle of the states chaps!!! Love what you’re doing ❤
Amazing work as usual! 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟
A clever bit of fabrication work. It looks great. Thanks. 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟
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Will any of the sheet aluminium parts be anodized for protection?
Great watch keep it up
Good work gents.
Ideal space for a windscreen washer bottle
Really nice work, boys.
You have 2 hand sized spaces each side of the radiator that need addressing. Yes you mentioned extra ducting. They could be dedicated for brake cooling but wonder if you will apply some Costin principles and reduce the size and reshape the intake? Front undertray to cover your Swiss cheese box? Can you use the volume for anything useful?
Keep it light 🦟🌊
Bruce Mclaren had a temperature problem in a sports car and cut an air exit rectangle in the top horizontal area of the front bodywork and immediately gained front end grip by unknowingly creating downforce ever since rear and mid engine cars have benefitted from top exit hot air vents . Important air has control ducting to cool the water efficiently flowing through the radiator matrix .
I didn't realizes that 60's cars were utilizing the Meredith Effect; but the again, why wouldn't they?
Exactly. Concept used in aircraft, especially on P51 Mustang radiator
Been a while for me, have a few videos to catch up on.
But if you make the venturi to small can you create a air pillow in front of it and the air chose to go around the car... but a sucking fan behind the radiator would (probably) remove that problem... 🦟
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You do you, and until now I never felt the need to give any advice, but I would recommend a VERY POWERFUL electric fan (or two smaller ones) behind the radiator. Really. Trust me on this one. Just this one. Don't take the risk. Don't skip that step. Do it. :)
I’m sure he will be running fans too, that’ll be in a future video
How are you going to route the hot squishy stuff through the suspension and shock tower I wonder?
I assume you are fitting an electric radiator fan behind the rad ?
Doesnt look much room there now ?
Any risk that the "big squishy" stuff venting downwards through the wheel arches will make this already featherlight missile lighter still on the front end?
You guys do so much with so many parts that you fabricate, so they are multipurpose. I appreciate hearing the engineering processes and then seeing the results. 🦟
Wow, I never knew that ducting could create thrust. Will it be possible to measure weather or not you actually succeed at that?
Im not Adrian Newey but ive got my doubts about your design working as well as you would like or just stopping the car overheating, angled radiators can also be troublesome but I hope yours is ok. One very important thing to note the radiator cap MUST be higher than the highest point of your coolant in the engine or an air pocket will form leading to overheating, good luck, looking good
Make sure you have a air duct/ coil in front of the radiator, otherwise your airflow theory is not realistic 👍, but great job and a proper engineering line of thoughts
I know how you've got the floor it should create vacuum/downforce for the car concerned your radiator surround however unlikely could create lift knowing how light you want the car I know I'm probably wrong but wanted to ask the question
A fascinating solution, though the full complexities of Bernoulli effect are not entirely clear to me, particularly as the density of the air will not be constant with the heat source in the path. Presumably you will have an electric fan to cater for those times when you are stuck at low speed in traffic. FWIW a friend has a "lightly supercharged" K20 in an old Elise, it is an outstanding trackday car I think your Mosquito will surprise you.
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I just love these episodes.
Still very disappointed with youtube. The lack of promoting your channel means so many people are missing out on great content.
If you apply the same principal to a highway that's closed down to one lane then we should all drive faster to avoid the traffic jam
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Your not going to like this your really not but youll have to make a new body anyway arnt you? well if you make it wider youll not only give yourself more space inside but it will also allow for the front and rear wings not to stick out to far . Yeah i know you would after rebuild the roll cage and widen the chassis but i think it would be worth it. it would also push the headlights over the wheels where they used to be. You would also have to widen your windscreen pillars to fit you windscreen in. As it seems a bit silly cramping your self into a small box when the wheel base is much wider than the car is anyway so why not embrace it. Because in my opinion if you carry on the way your going when the wheels are covered itll resemble a pyramid. or a cartoon car. I told you you wouldnt like it lol. im sorry. i dont blame you for hateing me. But you know im makeing sense
looks great, will the messy suspension aero affect the Bernoulli effect
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I understand how the venting will work at speed, but I'm concerned that, as a daily, you may have over heating issues in traffic. Have you considered an electric fan to supplement the ducting?
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Looking very good, Challenges tackled and won! 🦟🦟🦟😎.
Happiness is vectored thrust. 😁👍🦟
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