Canopy icing

[gmcjetpilot]

I had an RV-4 and flew it for 7 years before I sold her . I even flew IFR IMC... The canopy never fogged. If you are worried get some kind of electric heater you can plug into a Cig lighter jack and direct at canopy.... If you do fog it up, you can clear it.

(Note: You think that idea is weird? An old airline pilot who started on DC-3's told me they used a hose in the cockpit, connected to gas fired heater, to defrost/deice the windshield. The first officer held it up to windscreen as/when needed... I don't know if this is true or was a standard DC-3 system or something his airline added. The idea is the same, get heat onto the windscreen.)

[flyboy1963]

"....so there I was at 50,000, and the inside of the canopy ices up! I scraped it off with my glove, but could still barely see to land on the lakebed.... at 200 kts. My wingman Bob (Hoover) suggested we smear Prell shampoo on the inside like we did in the -51's over Europe. Worked like a darn on the next hop.....became S.O.P.!"

Chuck Yeager ( with apologies)

[Jab]

Thanks everyone, safe flying and Merry Christmas.

[DanH]

Wipe it with a warm cat. Works every time.

[Caveman]

Originally Posted by DanH

Wipe it with a warm cat. Works every time.

Dan, that is in direct violation of item #2 of the Cat / Duck IFR method:

http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Avia...on-safety.html