air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?

Viperdoc wrote:
How much does aftermarket AC cost? The best price I've seen for a Baron was
around $25,000 installed!

You had better want it bad for 25k!

I have not heard of any aftermarket prices.
Mine was factory.
And if I were to buy again, I would pay 25k extra for the option.

John

The Visitor wrote:


Viperdoc wrote:
How much does aftermarket AC cost? The best price I've seen for a
Baron was around $25,000 installed!

You had better want it bad for 25k!

I have not heard of any aftermarket prices.
Mine was factory.
And if I were to buy again, I would pay 25k extra for the option.

John

Has anybody talked about the electric seat coolers here yet?
It can be a good option to keeping cooler during those hot days.

Dave

Dave wrote:
The Visitor wrote:


Viperdoc wrote:
How much does aftermarket AC cost? The best price I've seen for a
Baron was around $25,000 installed!

You had better want it bad for 25k!

I have not heard of any aftermarket prices.
Mine was factory.
And if I were to buy again, I would pay 25k extra for the option.

John

Has anybody talked about the electric seat coolers here yet?
It can be a good option to keeping cooler during those hot days.

Dave

Got a link? I've never heard of them.

On Jul 7, 7:48 am, wrote:
Anybody have any experience with air conditioning in their plane-Nice
to have? Silly accessory? Don't leave home without it? 80% Summer
flying in Northeast.

Thanks for your opinion.

Andy

There are no built-in A/C options available for my Grumman AA5B, but
I've been thinking about trying something like this:

http://www.sportys.com/press/displaypress.cfm?id=325

Anybody get one of these yet? I'm out of Phoenix. It's hot here.
Really. hot.

-R

Rob wrote:
On Jul 7, 7:48 am, wrote:
Anybody have any experience with air conditioning in their plane-Nice
to have? Silly accessory? Don't leave home without it? 80% Summer
flying in Northeast.

Thanks for your opinion.

Andy

There are no built-in A/C options available for my Grumman AA5B, but
I've been thinking about trying something like this:

http://www.sportys.com/press/displaypress.cfm?id=325

Anybody get one of these yet? I'm out of Phoenix. It's hot here.
Really. hot.

-R


I can't give up 50 lbs.

Powered by cigarette lighter plug and pulls approximately 5 amps. Available
in 12 and 24 volt models. Weighs approximately 10 lbs. empty and around 50
lbs.

On Jul 7, 8:11 am, john smith wrote:
wrote:
Anybody have any experience with air conditioning in their plane-Nice
to have? Silly accessory? Don't leave home without it? 80% Summer
flying in Northeast.

How much horsepower are you willing to sacrifice to stay cool on a hot
day when your piston engine is lacking 100% of its rated performance?

The AC is really only used on the ground to cool the plane when its
been sitting in the 110F sun. One airbourne the AC serves not purpose.

-Robert

That looks really neat.
If you can make your ice real real cold.
If I didn't have air, I would at least try it.
Hopefully somebody with some experience with it, will speak up.






Rob wrote:

There are no built-in A/C options available for my Grumman AA5B, but
I've been thinking about trying something like this:

http://www.sportys.com/press/displaypress.cfm?id=325

Anybody get one of these yet? I'm out of Phoenix. It's hot here.
Really. hot.

-R

"Robert M. Gary" writes:


The AC is really only used on the ground to cool the plane when its
been sitting in the 110F sun. One airbourne the AC serves not purpose.


I have this picture in my head. At the end of the taxiway; there's a open
carport type shade struture. You pull under it & a cold-air hose drops
down, just like at a drive-in movie. You open the door and fish it in. A
large PA speaker has the tower freq so you don't even need the avionics
running to know when to restart....



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Viperdoc wrote:
How much does aftermarket AC cost? The best price I've seen for a Baron was around $25,000 installed!

You had better want it bad for 25k!

I have not heard of any aftermarket prices.
Mine was factory.
And if I were to buy again, I would pay 25k extra for the option.

John


That is how much the 172 costs...

Rob,

but
I've been thinking about trying something like this:

http://www.sportys.com/press/displaypress.cfm?id=325


Aviation Consumer had a review on these in one of the recent issues.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)