REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat -- Alternative

[Mark Magee]

Andy,
Those combustor heaters work well and as you say are proven and even certificated. I however would not feel comfortable with it lit off up there in the nose of my bird at 12,500. The thought of even a well-controlled and certificated fire on board my aircraft while airborne opens up the imagination to too many possibilities/bad contingencies. Murphy's Law and all that...
Cold feet on this one? :)

Mark B. Magee
N34XL XLFG 300HP 80HRS
Brady TX
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On Jan 19, 2012, at 1:28 PM, "Andy Millin" <amillin at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> FWIW ... The Piper Seneca used a 45,000 BTU combustion heater.  It burns
> 100LL so you don't have to worry about an aux fuel tank for the heater ...
> and all the possible gremlins it might bring.
> 
> It has been developed, tested and working for years in a production
> aircraft.
> 
> If you are seriously looking at adding a combustion type heater, you might
> want to look at something that has already been done.
> 
> I'm squeamish on the idea of a combustion heater and would not put one in my
> plane.
> 
> To each his own...
> 
> Andy
> 
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