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propane preheater
dave wrote:
I'm not planning on using it to preheat the cabin. I'm wondering how this is any different than a red dragon or the large pre-heaters that the FBO's use. Dave Stan Prevost wrote: If this is blowing the warm combustion gases into the cabin, plenty of drawback. The combustion products are primarily carbon dioxide and water vapor. Lots of water vapor. The moisture can fog all the windows, or create frost on the inside of the windows if it is below freezing. OK on the engine, bad in the cabin. "dave" wrote in message . .. Another thread made me think about using the portable propane heater I use in my garage to preheat my airplane. It's the standard metal tube type with the fan from Home Depot or Lowes. I've seen people simply attach a flex duct to the end of this type heater and blow the hot air into the cabin - poor man's red dragon. Any drawbacks? Didn't snip -- all the info is needed... "blow the hot hair into the cabin" read just like that - you were attempting to heat the cabin and not the engine. IIUC, you are thinking of using the duct to blow air into the air intakes of the engine? That's all a Red Dragon is, without the paint job and logo. |
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