Schleicher directional air vents

On Jun 9, 11:31*am, mattm wrote:
Hi, All,

my ASW-19 has three different air vents in the cockpit -- one in the
nose that's controlled
by a handle above the instrument panel, plus two holes in the
sidewalls. *The nose vent
can get more or less closed, but there isn't any way to control the
side vents. *It occurs to
me that there should be an adjustable directional vent in those side
holes -- it's been a long
time since I've flown a K-21, but it had those nice things that could
direct air up along your
canopy.

Is that what should be in my plane? *If so, I have no idea what
happened to my original vents.
Is there something else that people use?

Thanks,
-- Matt

Any vents in the rails are aftermarket additions.

One good source for quality eyeball vents: http://www.steinair.com/eyeballvents.htm

If you are motivated enough, one of these could be glassed into the
plenum on either side of the cockpit. It would look very much like
the modern Schleicher setup.

-T8

While you're waiting for the vents from wherever you find them, go
to the hardware store and buy two rubber stoppers for the existing
vents (which I'm assuming are 1/2" PVC elbows, seemingly the usual 19
or 20 mod).
The emergency decompression system on Spaceship One was no more high
tech than a stopper on a string.
Jim

* While you're waiting for the vents from wherever you find them, go
to the hardware store and buy two rubber stoppers for the existing
vents (which I'm assuming are 1/2" PVC elbows, seemingly the usual 19
or 20 mod).
* The emergency decompression system on Spaceship One was no more high
tech than a stopper on a string.


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