Hi John, a couple of us at Boonah have just been through this exercise for installing an oxygen system in one of the clubs HPH304. We settled on the single place Mountain High EDS system. All up with medium size bottle and extra mask it will cost about $1100 which is very reasonable. We actually went through Cumulus soaring in the States who has accumulated a stack of information on a wide variety of stuff (http://www.cumulus-soaring.com) and is giving excellent service.
Interestingly, when the battery runs out in the EDS system its fail/safe is to shut off the flow - not completely open up which is what you'd expect. Apparently it will warn you about 4 hours out from that though - and it would be wise to start with fresh batteries and carry a spare set with you. A couple of the guys were at 8500ft at Boonah Sunday before last and were bemoaning the fact that they couldn't go any higher. If you plan to go into controlled airspace you will not get a clearance unless you have a transponder. I've butted up against this a number of times where you ask for a clearance and they ask 'Transponder fitted' - 'No' - 'negative on the clearance'. When I had my Astir it had oxygen. I used to get lots of headaches because we'd be at 8-10000 for hours and I thought it was dehydration. Drank lots and still got headaches. Then I twigged - turned the oxygen on to just a trickle and the headache was gone!! Great performance improver for really cheap!! Let me know if you need any help. (0409059929) Regards, Dave > > > > I'm about to purchase a Mountain High oxygen system for the mosquito. > Does anyone have any advice on purchase or configuration of the system? > > > regards > > John Ashford > <http://thewell.santos.com.au/teamlink/directory/moreinfo.asp?strEntID=8 > 36> > Maintenance Supervisor, Dullingari / Cross Border > Santos Ltd > PO Box 1010 > Bne 4001 > > Ph 08 8678 4751 > Fax 08 8678 4740 > > > > > <html> > <body> > <font face="arial" color=#808080 size="-2"><img > alt="Santos Logo" src="http://www.santos.com/library/logo.gif";> > <br>Santos Ltd A.B.N. 80 007 550 923<br> > Disclaimer: The information contained in this email is intended only for > the use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may be confidential > or contain privileged information. > If _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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