REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat

[Peter Braswell]

All,
FWIW, I found this article on iflyez.com  I'm not sure how applicable it is
to the V, but sounds interesting:

http://www.iflyez.com/oil_heat.shtml

Peter

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Stockman, Bill <
bill.stockman at daytonaero.com> wrote:

> If you are bringing in outside air that cold, there is no chance in  &%$%
> that is will heat the air up.    The stock heater set up works great if you
> are taking outside air and raising it 20-30 degrees.    Most of us in the
> “North” where we fly at -10F during the winter have changed to oil coolers
> in the cabin and we recirculate cabin air –not outside air-- through the
> oil coolers.  Works great and on cold days keeps the cabin around 60-70.
> Oil cooler works best up front, but also can work as flat heat exchangers
> under seats or in the rear of the cabin.     My plane still exits air out
> the back of the cabin so I used the oil cooler in the nose.     It won’t
> burn your feet like some of the Piper muff heaters, but you also won’t die
> from carbon monoxide poisoning.****
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> *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Ruben Creus
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:36 PM
> *To:* reflector at tvbf.org
> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat****
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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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