Simple & Cheap Tricks for your plane

The answer to the Texas summer is to fly a Grumman g... on the ground
you can slide the canopy back all the way and really feel the fan blow.
In the air you can slide the canopy back 6" or so (legal to do) and let
the 125mph slipsteam cool you down nicely.

Ok ok, with the low wing you will get wet when you open the canopy in
the rain, but I am not IFR certified and so never have that problem.
Someday maybe... getting a KLN89B installed this weekend...

Actually I have been reading on the homebuilt list about an electrically
powered Denso AC compressor that Toyota is using in their hybrid cars.
Interesting idea if you have a liberal FSDO I guess...

Dave

James M. Knox wrote:
(Jay Masino) wrote in news:402386b6$0$25481
@dingus.crosslink.net:


Jay Honeck wrote:

4. The Kool Scoop is the best thing ever invented for a Cherokee.

That's a silly statement. My plane came with one, 12 years ago, and I
found it irritating and tacky looking. I removed it. You can have it
(as a spare) if you want.


I wish everyone would make up their minds. I've been thinking about buying
one (wonderful Texas summers and all), as I frequently find myself taxiing
with my hand stuck out the vent window to "scoop" a little air.

Tacky looking? Probably... What was "irritating"?

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"Dave" wrote in message
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The answer to the Texas summer is to fly a Grumman g... on the ground
you can slide the canopy back all the way and really feel the fan blow.

At Compton Abbas the other week I moved my plane from the
fuel pumps with the canopy open and no headset on. It was about
1 or 2 degrees (C). I couldn't feel my ears by the time I shut down!

In the air you can slide the canopy back 6" or so (legal to do) and let
the 125mph slipsteam cool you down nicely.

Is that noisy? I can do that in my Bulldog but haven't plucked up
the courage in normal UK weather to open it yet. :-)

Paul