> > Hi All... > > I use to fly with the temp down to -15 degree C (5 degrees F) > > and it got pretty chilly. I made an oil tank air intake cover with a flap in it so I could > preheat my engine with a car warm air heater. Works great. > > I 've had the temp in the Coupe up to 25 degrees C when it has been -10 outside. A > trick some one one told me wasw to wrap a screen door spring around the exhaust > tube indie your heat muff. Provides a greater surfact area for heating the air flowing > over it as it travels into your cockpit. > > Cheers > > BobP > > --- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <e...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Earl wrote: > > > > > I probably have some extra heat this year as I blocked > > > > > off the air intake to the oil tank. But with out any sun and > > > > > 0 degrees F. in Northern NY you better wear mittens. > > > > > > > > > > > > You might want to check your heat muff and check for cold air sources. > > > > > > > > I flew down to -5¢ªF. I¡¯d wear a light nylon jacket with a single-layer > > cotton liner inside the plane and put my heavy pre-flight parka in the > > luggage bag for the flight. Mittens were not needed, nor were gloves after > > the yoke had warmed up. > > > > > > > > I worried a bit that, with the cabin so warm, I was wearing so little that, > > I might someday have an accident and not be able to move easily. Then, I > > could get hypothermia wearing only my in-flight garb if I couldn¡¯t get my > > parka back on. > > > > > > > > I bet you could improve your in-flight comfort a lot. > > > > > > > > Ed > > > >
