Flight Today

[Dale Campbell]

You got it Steve,
Sounds like my start to a winter flight. I put 2 ceramic heaters on timers to pre-heat my ship for 8 hours before flight. When I arrive at hanger, I also use a 250,000 btu torpedo heater to heat cabin and hanger, while I go outside to plow snow from ramp and If runway is not plowed, I spend the next hour plowing a path to runway and also do 1900 foot runway 50 feet wide. By the time I get back to hanger the plane is nice and warm. All that just to go flying for a couple of hours. We must be die hard flyers. How does your engines stay warm on these cold flights. My flight to Seneca Falls, I could not get my oil temp above 150 degrees and the head temp just stayed at the bottom of green line. That is not good for engines. I also have a plate over oil cooler on front engine to block air. It is just to damn cold. Dale