Hi James,

Congratulations on the beginning of your new project.  I hope you enjoy
building as much as I did.

One option that I would recommend the most is AC.  I built my Lancair 320
N73S but soon realized that the huge canopy is nothing but a big
magnifying glass with you underneath.  Even relatively cool days can feel
hot if the sun is beating down on you.  I tried sunshades and that helped
however not much.  About 2 years ago I installed a standard freon AC
system.  The all up weight was about 35 pounds.  I use a retractable scoop
on the far right side of the belly to avoid engine heat.  When the ac is
off there is no penalty.  AC on I loose about 4 knots.  So instead of
doing 210 I am doing 206.  Big deal.  The hottest day I ever flew it in
was 110.  The temp inside was very comfortable and the compressor was
cycling off about every 2 minutes and staying off for about 30 seconds.  I
will write up a detailed description of the install for those that are
interested and post in on my new blog at www.n72s.com.   An installation
in a Legacy could be very similar.  It would certainly be a lot easier due
to the larger size.


Craig Schulze
Lancair N73S



On 1/1/04 12:00 AM, "" <> wrote:

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>To:  lml@lancaironline.net
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:48:20 -0400
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>From: James Seilbach <james@seilbach.com>
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>Subject: New Legacy Project
>
>Hello,
>
>I am starting a new Legacy Project in January with 2 weeks of builder =
>assistance in Oregon.   I will be building it a KFNL in Colorado.  I am =
>trying to decide which options to build into my project and have been =
>exhaustively scouring the internet looking for ideas/suggestions.   I =
>have learned a lot from searching through the archives of this list, =
>Thank you!
>
>One option I am considering is AC, and it looks like N33RH had a pretty =
>interesting AC installation with a duct on the bottom of the aircraft.   =
>I haven't been able to find out where it came from.   I believe the =
>aircraft was built by Rich Henning, and I found a website with some =
>information on it (http://www.lancairlegacy.com/RHGroup.html), but the =
>contact info, email and phone number, are out of date.   I spoke with =
>Lancair and they do not have any updated contact information for him =
>either.  Does anyone have current contact information for Rich, possibly =
>he is still subscribed to this list?  =20
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>James Seilbach
>james@seilbach.com
>970-691-9305
>
>