REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat

[Scott Derrick]

The oil cooler flap is controlled from the cabin.  Push-pull type control.  



Ruben Creus <ruben at vainneg.com> wrote:

>Scott,
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>Can you open and close the flap from inside the cabin or is it an external
>flap?
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>Ruben
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>From: Scott Derrick [mailto:scott at tnstaafl.net] 
>Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:25 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat
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>Heating the cabin in a pusher is a sticky wicket! If you live near the
>factory, its really not an issue. If you live up north or in the mountain
>west, the nose oil cooler/cabin heater design is pathetic. 
>I tried covering a portion of the oil cooler and that helped heat the cabin
>but at times I would have really high oil temps on hot departures. I stopped
>doing that, better to be cold than hurt the engine.
>I now have an adjustable flap on the exit of the nose oil cooler, helps a
>LOT! In the winter I usually leave this closed, which allows about 1/3 of
>the normal amount of air though the heater not counting the small amount
>going into the cabin. Each side pilot/copilot has a control to adjust how
>much air they get at their feet. On hot departures or in the summer the flap
>is full open so no oil temp problems..
>I also have an aux oil cooler/rear cabin heater under the back seat. It
>blows a huge amount of hot air onto the rear passengers feet. It can also be
>configured to blow air out of the cabin for additional cooling, but I don't
>think its much help, maybe 5-10 degree reduction when the oil is above 220. 
>The front cabin heater is still not good enough when the temps are below 30F
>for the copilot. Pilot side still gets warm air. That long hose over to the
>copilt side cools the air. I even insulated most of it but it is still not
>good when its really cold outside.
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>Scott
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat
>From: Ruben Creus  <mailto:ruben at vainneg.com> <ruben at vainneg.com>
>To: reflector at tvbf.org
>Date: 01/12/2012 07:35 PM
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>Hi all,
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>When I am flying below 0 Celsius outside temperature, the oil cooler seems
>to not heat enough the air coming into the cabin. The other day at -12C
>outside it was very chill in the cabin. I heard some of you partially cover
>the cooler, but not sure if the can be risky if covered too much. Has any
>one had any experience trying to get more cabin heat?
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>Ruben
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