wrote:
Matt Barrow wrote:
: Why in hell did you go for a Tanis heater instead of Reiff?

- Get heat *AT* the head... not at the other end of the jug where it has to go
by cooling fins designed to remove it to get where it's needed.

That's interesting. I've never owned a heater, don't know about Tanis or Reiff,
since I've been flying, I haven't lived in a climate where heating is called
for, but...

I'd think "at the head" is not a particularly important place to have the heat.
Seems to me heating the oil in the crankcase so it can be pumped more quickly
and start lubricating is a better bang for the buck.

.... or maybe the rationale is that heating the head relieves the "choke" of the
cylinder barrel and reduces wear that way? If so, I have to wonder whether the
few degrees rise you're likely to get from an electric heater has any
significant effect on the amount of choke.

Why heat the heads?

Ignorant and looking to learn... Dave