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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:24 am Post subject: water heat for the cockpit

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a best installation of a coolant heater for the cabin.

My heat muff works o.k. down to freezing, but I'm looking at components

that might offer better cabin warming. Perhaps you Canadians have

a list of parts that better describes what you used and

how you made connections within the cabin.



Even pictures would be nice.



Thanks



Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com

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ter_turn(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:43 am Post subject: water heat for the cockpit

Larry,  I'm working on a liquid cooled engine also and am curious as to why you don't pipe warm radiator air through the floor of the cockpit?  



Terry 

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From: LarryMcFarland <larry(at)macsmachine.com>

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flyboy3847(at)onecommail.
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:22 am Post subject: water heat for the cockpit

Hey Larry,



We have a heater box with a core in it.  It's attached to the outside of the

left lower firewall.  Dennis made it from 4130 sheet steel .025 of there

abouts.  We then drilled holes in the firewall and devised a bottom door

that shuts the heater off in the summer and lets air in the winter.  Ask

Dennis.  I think he has pics.  If not I'll take some and send them to you.



Leroy



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bryanmmartin

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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:33 am Post subject: water heat for the cockpit

If you are going to use exhaust air from the regular radiator, you would have to make sure that only fresh air was coming in to the radiator. With the radiator mounted below the belly, as most are, you would get a lot of air from the engine compartment passing through the radiator and possibly even engine exhaust gasses.



Better to use a separate heater core. The bypass hose is a convenient source for heater flow. My setup just recirculates the cabin air through the heater, I get enough fresh air leaking in from the aft fuselage through the rudder cable tunnel. Air leaks out through the gap below the canopy frame.



On Dec 11, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Terry Turnquist wrote:



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		   Larry,  I'm working on a liquid cooled engine also and am curious as to why you don't pipe warm radiator air through the floor of the cockpit?  

 

 Terry 

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