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What....no socks!
Thanks for the info and good thought on the survival gear.
Glen Davis CFII
Grumman Tiger N70GD
1946 Ercoupe N3103H
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From: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Cabin heat
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> At 11:41 AM 9/22/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > My question is how good is the cabin heater on Ercoupes. Will it
keep
> > the cabin toasty warm on a 20 degree New England day or should I wear
my
> > long-johns and insulated boots when the weather gets cold?
>
> I've had two Ercoupes, one stock and one with a rather customized heat
system.
>
> If yours is like either of mine, you'll probably have to open the canopy
> slightly
> to keep from passing out from heat prostration! (Not a bad idea anyway,
> considering
> the porosity of the firewalls and the fact that the plane just isn't
> designed to keep CO
> from getting in the cockpit.)
>
> Sick, die-hard that I am, I fly with the cockpit open right through the
> NJ/PA winter,
> in which case the heater still helps the tootsies. But I wear insulated
boots,
> polypropylene long-johns, a leather flying helmet with sheepskin liner,
some
> really nice soft leather gloves with wool liners, my leather flight
jacket
> with
> liner zipped in, a warm shirt and pants, and ski-googles in such a case.
And
> of course the harness with which they have to raise and lower me into
the
plane
> using a block and tackle :-)
>
> If I'd close the canopy, I could fly in shorts and a tee-shirt and
probably
> still sweat.
>
> A serious consideration is that you should be clothed to survive for a
> reasonable time
> in event of a forced landing which has you making a quick exit and
unable
> to grab
> supplemental clothing from the cockpit.
>
> It would suck to survive the crash and then freeze to death.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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