X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:31:02 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.5) with ESMTP id 6343274 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:53:09 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.48; envelope-from=jmorgan1023@comcast.net Received: from omta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.12]) by qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id qza01l0020Fqzac553sboM; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:52:35 +0000 Received: from [10.61.82.199] ([12.231.157.9]) by omta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id r3sS1l01e0CSxa43U3sVUg; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:52:33 +0000 From: Jack Morgan Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_850418DA-09EE-4313-A6A2-D95991414E62" Subject: IV P A/C X-Original-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:52:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <289EAF41-2924-493B-A6BA-1D405C3E67F9@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) --Apple-Mail=_850418DA-09EE-4313-A6A2-D95991414E62 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Dico, Lancair supplies an engine driven compressor type with the evaporator in = the hat shelf area and the condenser in the tail cone near the hydraulic = pump. The condenser is cooled with an electric fan which draws and exits = air from the belly below the hydraulic pump. This is the same as an = automotive unit and blows cold. There are no scoops or things sticking = out of the airplane so the main drag penalty is the weight. You will = need to double check but I believe the installation weighs about 35 lbs. Mine works well so I recommend it be included in your decision process. = I see no reason it cannot be installed in a completed IV but is a = significant undertaking. If your IV is a 12 volt airplane it could be = marginal/too much for the electrical system. No problem for a 24 volt = airplane. I am in Michigan if you want to take a look at it as part of your = decision process. Jack Morgan On Jun 21, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Lancair Mailing List wrote: > From: Dico Reijers > Subject: Retro-fit Air Conditioning on IVP > Date: June 20, 2013 7:46:25 AM EDT > To: lml@lancaironline.net >=20 >=20 > Hi All, >=20 > Its starting to be summer here in Canada's east coast and I'm quickly = realizing that I'm going to need to do something re: heat in the cabin. >=20 > Its just cooking in there and now I understand why so many people have = AC in their planes. >=20 > I'm wondering if these AC units can be retro fit? Or are there other = options out there? Do these AC units blow "cold" air like a car's AC = unit or do they blow just "cooler than outside" air? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > -Dico --Apple-Mail=_850418DA-09EE-4313-A6A2-D95991414E62 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi = Dico,

Lancair supplies an engine driven compressor = type with the evaporator in the hat shelf area and the condenser in the = tail cone near the hydraulic pump. The condenser is cooled with an = electric fan which draws and exits air from the belly below the = hydraulic pump. This is the same as an automotive unit and blows cold. = There are no scoops or things sticking out of the airplane so the main = drag penalty is the weight. You will need to double check but I believe = the installation weighs about 35 lbs.

Mine = works well so I recommend it be included in your decision process. I see = no reason it cannot be installed in a completed IV but is a significant = undertaking. If your IV is a 12 volt airplane it could be marginal/too = much for the electrical system. No problem for a 24 volt = airplane.

I am in Michigan if you want to take = a look at it as part of your decision = process.

Jack Morgan