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air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?
Thomas Borchert wrote:
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. I showed the AC article on the AC to my wife and the thought it was a great idea until I explained how many fewer shoes she would be able to take on vacation if we had that in the plane. |
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air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
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. http://www.activeforever.com/ps-1641...t-cushion.aspx http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/s...ief-190908.php |
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air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:14:35 GMT, Dave wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote: 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. http://www.activeforever.com/ps-1641...t-cushion.aspx http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/s...ief-190908.php Am I right in the math that the first one only draws 3 amps (30 watts divided by 12 volts)? |
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air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?
"Peter" wrote in message ... Looking at the various cars I have owned and how the aircon on them worked (or, more frequently, didn't work) I don't think there is much chance of aircon on GA being reliable. Most GA stuff is the cheap and old (1950s) end of the motor vehicle parts market. The only car I have ever owned with a reliable aircon is a Toyota/Lexus Soarer (US SC300 is the equivalent) on which everything is built like a tank. The refrigerant tends to leak out within a year, the compressors get cracks and leak... One car, a Toyota Celica, which I owned for 15 years, had its aircon working for maybe 1 year out of the 15. And Toyotas are the best of the lot normally. I've never had anything go wrong on a Toyota, except the aircon. Here in Florida (where virtually all cars have AC) it is a general rule of thumb that the AC will cost as much to maintain as the entire rest of the car. It is well worth it! The real heat of the summer is not yet here, but I went up yesterday for some pattern work. I sweated so much that I was still damp an hour later. AC in a light airplane would be really nice. Vaughn |
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air conditioning- nice, required, or silly?
"Dave" wrote in message et... Gig 601XL Builder wrote: 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. http://www.activeforever.com/ps-1641...t-cushion.aspx http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/s...ief-190908.php Wouldn't that result in a woman being "frigid"? |
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"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... Looking at the various cars I have owned and how the aircon on them worked (or, more frequently, didn't work) I don't think there is much chance of aircon on GA being reliable. Most GA stuff is the cheap and old (1950s) end of the motor vehicle parts market. The only car I have ever owned with a reliable aircon is a Toyota/Lexus Soarer (US SC300 is the equivalent) on which everything is built like a tank. The refrigerant tends to leak out within a year, the compressors get cracks and leak... One car, a Toyota Celica, which I owned for 15 years, had its aircon working for maybe 1 year out of the 15. And Toyotas are the best of the lot normally. I've never had anything go wrong on a Toyota, except the aircon. Here in Florida (where virtually all cars have AC) it is a general rule of thumb that the AC will cost as much to maintain as the entire rest of the car. It is well worth it! Odd! I've had cars with A/C for the past 30 years and never had any A/C maintenance other than recharging them. Even that last time was several years ago. The real heat of the summer is not yet here, but I went up yesterday for some pattern work. I sweated so much that I was still damp an hour later. AC in a light airplane would be really nice. Sure is!!! I got my first airborne A/C this past Febriary; let's see if it holds up as well as the automotive ones have. Matt B. -- "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." -- Omar Ahmad, Chairman Emeritus, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). |
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"Peter" wrote in message
... Looking at the various cars I have owned and how the aircon on them worked (or, more frequently, didn't work) I don't think there is much chance of aircon on GA being reliable. Most GA stuff is the cheap and old (1950s) end of the motor vehicle parts market. [snip] "Aircon?" Are Filipino? Marco |
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On Jul 9, 3:26 pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
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 Not sure where you're at, but around here GA is stuck at or below 3500 due the DFW Class B - and in the summertime we need to be at 8000 or better to escape the heat. Mike |
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