REFLECTOR: Whindshield defog

[Andrew Ellzey]

I would like to know what others have done to add a grill or whatever to your glare shield to add windshield heat, defog and deice. I have always thought that I would go to a junk yard and try to find an acceptable windshield deice grill register from some compact car, and adapt it to my glare shield. Just haven't done it yet.
 
I will not fly in the winter without some kind of  windshield heat capabilities. I had to land my Mooney M20 E one overcast winter day with the windshield completely iced over. Not easy to do when only looking out the side windows. Without my knowledge, the SCAT tubing was left disconnected from the windshield glare shield register after an avionics upgrade.
 
I'm not saying that I am going to fly my Velocity into known icing, but I didn't intend to fly my Mooney into icing conditions either. If you fly long enough, it will happen.
 
Andy Ellzey
N151AJ not yet flying
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