Hi Bill,
In a temperate climate (winter high's in the 50's & 60's where I am) like
Southern California, I need to use it all the time.  Sunlight through the
glass area of my IVP seems to cook the cockpit fast. However, it is
effective even during Florida 90 degree days.   I've had no maintenance
issues with it in 2  1/2 years.  The fan seems weak to me but that might be
an installation issue--losing air flow in the ducting maybe.
Bill
N441JH

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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of
Bill Wade
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:54 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: fuel starvation due to leaky valve and one empty tank


Hi-
    I'm new to the list and I'd like to find out if others have had
problems with the Andair valves- They appear to be well made but their
website doesn't provide much for specs.

 Also, for the -P builders: I live in Maine so I didn't think I'd ever need
air conditioning in a plane. I recently took a demo ride in a IV-P and now
I'm thinking it would be a good idea. It seemed to make a big difference in
comfort level on the ground but I'd like to get some input from others. For
those that have, how often do you use the A/C and is there much maintenance
involved? For those without, what's it like during warm weather? How
effective is the fan?

Thanks very much-  Bill Wade (IV-P on order)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike S. Reinath" <Michael.S.Reinath@nasa.gov>
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: fuel starvation due to leaky valve and one empty tank

I had a leak in my Andair fuel selector that I discovered back in the
winter of 2002 just before my first flight.

 I have a three position fuel selector -- right, left, center. After some
taxi testing, I left the plane with the fuel selector in the center
position with a full header tank (I have no transfer system. I just feed
directly from each tank.) When I returned a week later, 8 gallons of fuel
were missing from the header, and there was no stain under the plane. It
didn't take too much searching to find them. They were in the right wing
tank.

I removed the selector valve and checked for a leak path. In the center
position, there was a slow leak path to the right side. If the header was
not a couple of feet higher than the wing tanks, I would not have
discovered this problem. I exchanged the valve for a new one. That only
took about 2 months, but that's another story...

When I received the new valve, I checked it for leaks before I installed
it. If you haven't already installed your valve, I recommend you do the
same. You don't want to be sucking air if you run a tank dry.

Mike Reinath
LNC2 360 at 730 hrs TT
San Jose, CA (RHV)

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