Airport Power

On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:19:49 GMT, wrote:

David Lesher wrote:
"Kyle Boatright" writes:
I need a trickle of electrical power about a dozen times a year in my
hangar. I need it for my 125 watt preheater if I'm taking an early-
morning flight in the winter, and will use it for a .25A trickle charger
if I've let the aircraft sit for more than a week or two.

Well, you can handle the trickle with a solar array of some kind.

I agree. If you can mount the solar panel so that it has about the same
angle from horizontal as your latitude, and so that you can get to it
occasionally to wipe the dirt off of it, it will work a little better.

If he is going to use it to run his heater, then he'd be better off
mounting it steeper -- say latitude + 15° -- since most of his power needs
would be during the winter months.




Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)