Mark, Do you have a link to your VW heater muff on your web site? Mine has never been very effective using ram air from the nose bowl . Maybe I need a two stage setup to get more heat? Canadian winters are a lot colder than the US south. Thanks Chris Gardiner KR2S
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 1, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Has anyone considered using the oil cooler for cabin heat? What do you see > > as Pros and Cons (diminished chance of exhaust fumes, etc.)? > > Thanks, > > Rodger > > Given that I've never flown behind an oil cooler heated airplane, I'm not > technically qualified to answer this, but I can't imagine how a small 175F > oil cooler can generate anywhere near the heat of a 1350F exhaust pipe. Do > the math on that, and I think you'll agree. And EGT is nice and toasty at > runup. It may take 15 minutes for an oil cooler to get up to temp. I think > if oil coolers worked well as heaters, Volkswagen would have use them rather > than dual exhaust heat exchangers. Try it and let us know how it works > though. I've yet to fly in weather cold too cold for my exhaust muff heated > plane to easily heat the cabin, even in the winter at high altitude with > outside air temps below zero. > > I don't worry much about carbon monoxide. I have a monitor on the panel and > I'm already flying behind a VW, with a header system that I built myself, so > apparently I have a death wish already.... > > Mark Langford > [email protected] > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
