Beechcraft Duke · 56TC Baron
Nearly all modern turbocharged aircraft engines are also factory intercooled. The Piper Malibu, Mirage, Mojave, Seneca V, and Aerostar 700P, the Beechcraft Baron 58P, the Cessna P210, 414 and 421, the Mooney 252, TLS and Encore are all equipped with factory-installed intercooling systems.
Now the evolution of intercooling technology has taken a giant step forward with the American Aviation ULTRAcooling System. ULTRAcooling is a highly sophisticated advancement of the basic intercooling concept, resulting in optimized aircraft performance.
Why does your Duke need ULTRAcooling?
Because your engines are turbocharged. While turbochargers do allow your engines to produce more power and maintain manifold pressures at altitude, they also produce very hot induction air. This compressed induction air can get as hot as 360°F even though the outside air temperature may be at or below zero. Both Teledyne Continental and Textron Lycoming Pilot Operating Handbooks state that the horsepower of a turbocharged engine is reduced as the engine ingests hotter than standard day induction air. The effect on your engines is identical to the poor performance you experience on a small aircraft when the carburetor heat is applied, or when operating on a hot day.
That's where ULTRAcooling comes in. ULTRAcooling is a highly efficient air-to-air heat transfer system that reduces the compressed induction air temperature, restoring the engine's lost power and efficiency. In other words when ULTRAcooling is added to a turbocharging system, the engine is able to more closely maintain its rated horsepower.
The key to ULTRAcooling performance is its fully integrated, multicomponent design. The system consists of three major assemblies;
1.) A custom designed, high efficiency aluminum alloy heat exchanger that cools the heated compressed induction air using the colder outside air.
2.) High flow induction manifolding, for transferring induction air throughout the system. Our design engineers were careful to design each component to perfectly interact with one another to ensure optimum performance and reliability.
3.) An aerodynamically engineered P-51 style scoop positioned to maximize the recovery of ram air velocity from the propeller. This provides maximum high pressure cooling air to the heat exchanger core at all power settings and flight conditions, resulting in near constant inlet temperatures and power output at all altitudes.
ULTRAcooling will allow your Duke to climb and cruise faster than ever before. To cover the same distances you're currently flying, will require less time and money.
the Beechcraft Duke and American Aviation's ULTRAcooling
