Craig, My 1835cc VW powered Quickie (Q1) from years ago had cockpit heat from the top mount oil cooler. Worked fine. I flew as cold as -10 F and it helped keep me thawed but certainly NOT toasty warm at that OAT.
I know of no negatives and would suggest the best approach boils down to what is "easiest" to implement on YOUR airplane (for me, an exhaust muff was not an option). I have never read of a comparison of heat "quantity" available from the two options so can't comment on that. Jon -----Original Message----- From: "Craig Williams" <kr2seaf...@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:24pm To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> cockpit heat After meeting with Mark Jones and seeing his plane last weekend I came up with the idea to use the heat output of the oil cooler for cockpit heat. Any thoughts on why this may not be a good idea? Pro's are: no CO2, the h eat is already available if you mount the cooler like Mark did on the firewall. Al you really need is an airbox flapper valve to redirect the air out into the cockpit. Craig _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
