Date:
January 25, 2006 10:20:26 PM
EST
Subject:
Re: RE: [c-a] Portable
Oxygen systems
This
thread is getting a bit long but I'll give it a shot on O2 since I use it and
highly recommended installing a system and using it in our EZ
aircraft.
If you
want to know more on O2 you should first read an article posted on AVweb's
Pelican Perch by John Deakin. This study destroys all OWT's (old wives tales)
about O2:
Ok, I hope
you've read the article which now puts you light years ahead of most aviators
regarding O2 and where it comes from.
In my
experience flying my VEZE across the country a few thousand miles to date I've
found MOST of the time O2 is not necessary. However, I did say I "highly"
recommended a system. Why? Because O2 keeps your mind bright and alert. You
arrive at your destination feeling so much better than without it, it's simply
and understandably, hard to believe. There is no comparison to flying with or
without it. O2 wins every time!
By now I'm
hoping that you understand that having O2 aboard is a very good thing. The
problem is it can be VERY expensive to replenish the supply while on the road.
Transfiller's do not do the trick. Why? Because when you land anywhere away
from you home base who will allow you to attach your bottle to there welding
tank with good usable O2?
I have
been there and done that in my VEZE. Carried the O2 "Transfiller" only to be
denied time after time.
This
brings up the EDS system which extends O2 life by many times over. Yes it's
more expensive but you tell me what isn't in aviation. For $695 this two place
system is state of the are. It will extend O2 life somewhere in the range of
28 hours on one 32 liter bottle which means you can travel across the country
and back with more than enough O2.
Tim
LoDolce
VEZE
N26FM
RACE
62
EAA
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