While dropping skydivers with an old 182 on a very cold day, my boss preheated his plane by using a duct (bendable dryer vent metal stuff I think it was) The engine was covered with heavy blankets. The duct went in the bottom, most of the holes were plugged to keep the heat in, and the car was left idling for a very long time. It was about 30 years ago, so I forget how long it took, it took a long time, but it did work. We got her started. All from the exhaust heat of a Dodge Dodge Dart. I’ve never seen it done before or since then in that way.
Back in the day here in North Dakota, we used a small 12 volt propane heater/blower with a long duct for safety, and a thick blanket over the cowl. It worked very well. I didn’t fly on the cold days (-20 to -40). A 110 volt might be more convenient for some folks.
I use a 1200 watt hair dryer and put it in the inspection door of the engine compartment. It is hooked up to a WiFi switch. I turn it on from my house. All toasty warm when I arrive to fly my Rv12.
I also use a hair dryer but i turn it on when arriving at the hangar and maintain the hair dryer on while doing all the inspecions and flyght preparation ...may be 45 minutes or less and with temperatures around 2ºC in winter the engine satarts at first try.....i use a tripoid to give the hair dryer the correct orientation and distance ( cost 20 euros).
I believe most folks knowledgeable about engines do NOT recommend using a timer to turn the heater on and off. This tends to promote condensation. The engine heater should either be left on all the time or controlled remotely via wifi and only turned on prior to flight so that the engine is warmed and then run to get it hot enough to burn off the water vapor. I definitely would not use a simple timer that turns the heater on and off on a schedule and then not have the airplane flown after each heating cycle.
My plane is in an unheated, but insulated hangar and our Tennessee winters aren't too harsh, but I use a Hornet heater. They are solid state, thermostatically controlled, and explosion proof. It uses so little energy that I just leave it on all winter and it preheats the engine and entire cowl. The Hornet heater I bought was very similar to the 110v "Twin Hornet" aircraft heater and actually intended for heating industrial enclosures such as those containing electronics, valves, etc. and was much less expensive because it didn't have the word "aircraft" on it! Ha! I think the vendor caught on that people were purchasing the less expensive enclosure heaters and discontinued that model for enclosures and now you can only get the "Twin Hornet" model that's intended for aircraft ... with typical "aircraft" pricing! :
Everytime i see there is a girl on the video announcement but there s no girl after that , why did you put the girl, i always look for seeing her.? And i ended up watching the whole video, waiting for the girl to appear. Who is she ?
@@prof.heinous191 thank you prof.Heinous, beautiful granny. I couldnot imagine that.i am interested since i saw the movie , The spirit os St Lowis, the part that the whole plane gets frost , and there was heating at all, btw your grand mother was very well looking in the pic.thank you !
Dialog is way to slow and no need to explain the obvious points. For me, it was excruciating to listen to this video. Sorry for the criticism just trying to help.
While dropping skydivers with an old 182 on a very cold day, my boss preheated his plane by using a duct (bendable dryer vent metal stuff I think it was) The engine was covered with heavy blankets. The duct went in the bottom, most of the holes were plugged to keep the heat in, and the car was left idling for a very long time. It was about 30 years ago, so I forget how long it took, it took a long time, but it did work. We got her started. All from the exhaust heat of a Dodge Dodge Dart. I’ve never seen it done before or since then in that way.
Back in the day here in North Dakota, we used a small 12 volt propane heater/blower with a long duct for safety, and a thick blanket over the cowl. It worked very well. I didn’t fly on the cold days (-20 to -40). A 110 volt might be more convenient for some folks.
I use a 1200 watt hair dryer and put it in the inspection door of the engine compartment. It is hooked up to a WiFi switch. I turn it on from my house. All toasty warm when I arrive to fly my Rv12.
I also use a hair dryer but i turn it on when arriving at the hangar and maintain the hair dryer on while doing all the inspecions and flyght preparation ...may be 45 minutes or less and with temperatures around 2ºC in winter the engine satarts at first try.....i use a tripoid to give the hair dryer the correct orientation and distance ( cost 20 euros).
When I'm on a sandbar in Alaska I drain the oil and keep it over the fire in a pot.
I believe most folks knowledgeable about engines do NOT recommend using a timer to turn the heater on and off. This tends to promote condensation. The engine heater should either be left on all the time or controlled remotely via wifi and only turned on prior to flight so that the engine is warmed and then run to get it hot enough to burn off the water vapor. I definitely would not use a simple timer that turns the heater on and off on a schedule and then not have the airplane flown after each heating cycle.
Sounds like a good reason to use the timer “honey we have to fly this weekend because the engine is already preheating!”
I know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to watch newly released series online ?
@Robert Kamari I would suggest flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
@Dayton Dario Yup, been watching on Flixzone for years myself =)
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My plane is in an unheated, but insulated hangar and our Tennessee winters aren't too harsh, but I use a Hornet heater. They are solid state, thermostatically controlled, and explosion proof. It uses so little energy that I just leave it on all winter and it preheats the engine and entire cowl. The Hornet heater I bought was very similar to the 110v "Twin Hornet" aircraft heater and actually intended for heating industrial enclosures such as those containing electronics, valves, etc. and was much less expensive because it didn't have the word "aircraft" on it! Ha! I think the vendor caught on that people were purchasing the less expensive enclosure heaters and discontinued that model for enclosures and now you can only get the "Twin Hornet" model that's intended for aircraft ... with typical "aircraft" pricing! :
Heat gun 2000W 30-40cm right under the oil tank of 912 and 700W heater in air intake will do the job in 20 min, supervised of course
love the design of your cowling makes it look like an electric plane
Nice one Mr. Meldrew
Move to a warmer climate! 😎
Everytime i see there is a girl on the video announcement but there s no girl after that , why did you put the girl, i always look for seeing her.? And i ended up watching the whole video, waiting for the girl to appear. Who is she ?
Her name is EstherTitheridge, this picture was taken in 1952, she is my Granny. Thanks for your interest in engine pre-heat.
@@prof.heinous191 thank you prof.Heinous, beautiful granny. I couldnot imagine that.i am interested since i saw the movie , The spirit os St Lowis, the part that the whole plane gets frost , and there was heating at all, btw your grand mother was very well looking in the pic.thank you !
Dialog is way to slow and no need to explain the obvious points. For me, it was excruciating to listen to this video. Sorry for the criticism just trying to help.
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