REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat

Alex Balic velocity_pilot at verizon.net
Sat Apr 26 20:24:39 CDT 2008


I can't remember which unit that heater core was from- they are all similar
in size though- you can probably get one from Napa- I might have a spare one
I can give you too- let me check...

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 3:43 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat

 

Doug,

Perma-Cool makes all aluminum oil coolers rated to 300 PSI with 5/8 tubing
for very low flow restriction.

http://www.perma-cool.com/Catalog/Cat_page11.html

thats what I used..

Scott

doug.holub at tx.rr.com wrote: 

Alex,
 
Using an automotive heater core sounds like a good idea. I didn't know you
could run oil through it. If you've got the part number handy of the valve
you're using, it would save me the trouble of finding one. 
 
I'm putting my oil cooler in the engine compartment, mostly because I don't
want the extra weight of an extra 22 feet of oil line. I was going to rig up
some ducts that could switch the oil cooler's intake air between outside air
and recirculated cabin air, but now I think I'll just mount a small
automotive heater core on the cabin-side firewall to recirculate cabin air.
 
Doug Holub
Standard FG 90% done, 23% to go
 
---- rossgil at globetrotter.net wrote: 
  

Yes would be interesting to be able to see your pictures, I am looking at
this problem right nowM
Gilles
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From: Alex Balic  <mailto:velocity_pilot at verizon.net>
<velocity_pilot at verizon.net>
 
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:06:36 
To:'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'  <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat
 
 
I have fashioned a rear heater from an aluminum automotive heater core it is
about 5" x 12" x 1" thick. then made a fan pack from 3 flat fans attached to
a sheet of aluminum that covers the entire core. Fans can be turned on
sequentially for various "speeds"- I am running water/coolant, but you
should also be able to run oil through the core and achieve a similar
result. It is pretty small, can fit under a rear seat, but you will need to
tee into the lines running in the duct- I put a valving system on it to
bypass if I have no rear seat passengers- I thought I had some pics here,
but I cant find them- if you want a picture, please let me know. 
  
Alex 
  
 
 
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Keith Hallsten
 Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:05 PM
 To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
 Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat 
  
Ken, 
  
I've never heard of successful electric air heating, though many have tried.
If you have some electrical capacity, 12 volt electric lap blankets are
probably the best solution for the back seats.  Heat the people, not the
air! 
  
Keith Hallsten 
  
  
 
 
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of KMis178813 at aol.com
 Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:09 PM
 To: reflector at tvbf.org
 Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat 
  
 
Ronnie 
 
   Thanks for your comments. That is a good was of getting a little more
heat out of the oil. Does anyone have a electric powered heater that works
maybe? 
 
       Ken 
 
  
 
 
In a message dated 4/25/2008 12:02:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
romott at mi-connection.com writes: 
 
Hi Ken, 
 
  
 
One option that someone had implemented was to open up the plenum which the
oil cooler lines run through and pick up that heat and allow it to blow into
the rear cabin. This would require that the vernertherm close off and force
oil through he cooler and the lines during the winter.  If the cooling air
to the engine isn't reduced during the winter flying, then the oil won't get
hot enough to do much cabin heating.  This could be done by restricting the
NACA scoops by reducing the inlet area. 
 
  
 
I am planning to install outlet scoops just in front of the firewall to gain
some oil cooling from the oil lines for the summer months.  If you calculate
the surface area of the two 10' lines going through the plenum, it is almost
as much as the surface area of the oil cooler. 
 
  
 
Ronnie  
 
  
 
  
 
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From: KMis178813 at aol.com 
 
To: reflector at tvbf.org  <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:17 PM 
 
Subject: REFLECTOR: Rear Seat Heat 
 
  
 
To All 
 
   Does anyone have some sort of rear cabin heat working with a air cooled
engine? 
 
  
 
                  Ken Mishler 
  
 
 
 
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