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Securing portable oxygen
I have a new IFR rating and am considering some higher altitude flights now
that I can drop down through cloud decks. Question: for those of you who carry oxygen, how do you secure the tank so that you can still reach and see to adjust the flow valve? Vendors sell seatback packs, but those sound difficult to use. |
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"dutch" wrote in message hlink.net...
I have a new IFR rating and am considering some higher altitude flights now that I can drop down through cloud decks. Question: for those of you who carry oxygen, how do you secure the tank so that you can still reach and see to adjust the flow valve? Vendors sell seatback packs, but those sound difficult to use. Dutch, The answer is that on most seatback packs I've seen (including the one we use), there's nothing you need to see and adjust on the tank. The main tank valve just gets opened. It can be opened just by reaching back, no need to look or adjust anything. The flow valve which needs to be seen and adjusted, is in the line between the cannula (or mask) and the tank. So you just follow the line from the cannula down towards the tank until your hand hits it, then lift it up, glance at it while adjusting, drop it, and breathe easier. The easiest thing to do is to hook up all the lines and have everyone put the cannulae around their necks before engine start. Turn on the tank, make sure the regulator reads what you want it to read (full or whatever), adjust everyone's flowmeter, then close the knob to the main tank. Then in flight when you decide O2 would be a good thing, just open the main tank valve and briefly check to be sure the flowmeters are still in the desired range. HTH, Sydney |
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Hey Dutch, I use the backpack holder strapped to the right seat back and you
then have easy short access from your left seat and great control over the flow screws, gauge and main valve. Works great and is easy to get in and out for refilling. Bill Evans N4597W Commander 112 TC ----- Original Message ----- From: "dutch" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.ifr,rec.aviation.owning Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:09 PM Subject: Securing portable oxygen I have a new IFR rating and am considering some higher altitude flights now that I can drop down through cloud decks. Question: for those of you who carry oxygen, how do you secure the tank so that you can still reach and see to adjust the flow valve? Vendors sell seatback packs, but those sound difficult to use. |
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The seatback packs arent hard to use, but your back passengers may not like
them cutting into their legroom. I dont know about all the systems, but my Aerox has it's flow needle about halfway up the line so you can see it pretty easy. But to actually turn up or down the amount going to an individual line you have to be able to reach the 4place regulator. And to see how much you have remaining in the tank you have to see the tank. The alternative, unless you rent, is to retrofit it into your airplane. Aerox makes kits to do this, I'm sure the other companies do too. The tank is in the tailcone more than likely, and a block is put in the ceiling with 4 ports and gauge. Pretty slick, but not cheap. $1,500 for the hardware, and a few hours of labor. This is for a fairly large tank, not the size of the portables. Fill it from the tank, or a port in the tail. Chris "dutch" wrote in message link.net... I have a new IFR rating and am considering some higher altitude flights now that I can drop down through cloud decks. Question: for those of you who carry oxygen, how do you secure the tank so that you can still reach and see to adjust the flow valve? Vendors sell seatback packs, but those sound difficult to use. |
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