Gary Buster wrote:

I am wondering if others have experience based opinions regarding how to plumb a cockpit heater with the coolant system...

Do you use the water or the oil system to heat the exchanger in the cockpit?  (Or do you trust the exhaust to not leak and just heat up an exhaust manifold can and duct it inwards... not very safe in my opinion!)

Do you use a valve or do you let it run/ cycle all the time.

Would you use a fan to just recycle the cockpit air, or do you use a duct of external vent air to blow over the exchanger?

Just thinking about these things ya know!!

Gary Buster
Tyler, Texas

I'm thinking about using a complete heater/air conditioning assembly
from Vintage Air:
http://www.vintageair.com/  especially the Compac GenII.  It is less
than $400, relatively small, and lightweight.  I plan on putting it in
the cockpit aft bulkhead and running some very high pressure 8-) hose
between the firewall and it, covered by an aluminum frame.  This should
help offset the heavier engine weight, too.  Next summer, if the plane
can afford the weight and I can find some place to put one, all I have
to do is install an a/c compressor and run 2 lightweight hoses to have
air conditioning!

AI Nut

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