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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Heaters/defrosters
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:46:02 -0500
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Mark

    I use the coolant through an small oil cooler in the cabin.  I have a
shut off valve.  I think a compromise might be to have the small  heat
exchanger under the cowl (rather than in the cabin like mine) with a air
duct into the cabin.  That would address your concerns about the C0 and hot
ethylen-glycol.

Ed

Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Steitle" <msteitle@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Heaters/defrosters


> Is there a "best practice" for cabin heat/defrost systems for rotary
> a/c.  Those of you that are flying, how did you approach this item.  It
> seems to me that with all that heat going out the tailpipe, it is a
> no-brainer... except for the carbon-monoxide thing.  Then again, I don't
> want to be scalded with hot ethylene-glycol either.  The exhaust muff
seems
> like the lighter and simpler solution.  On the other hand, with proper
> ducting, the heater core could add extra cooling during climb-out.
>
> Comments welcome,
> Mark S. (hot oil exchanger is out of the question)
>
>
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