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Old 05-07-2015, 09:18 AM
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Default XCR remote switch

Mountain High makes a remote On/off switch attached to a flow meter and in/out air lines with their XCR portable unit, that you wear on your arm/leg with straps, while mounting your cylinder out of arms reach. You should be able to buy that component alone. I am thinking about that for my RV4 presently because of the mounting limitations. You still need to open the regulator before flight (and close it after flight) but it conserves oxygen until ready for use, thus increasing time between refills. It came from the glider world I've heard.
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:03 PM
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I'm almost finished my install. I've set it up so that I will have to turn the bottle on from the baggage compartment before the flight. Not really a big deal. I have a block with the feed going into it and the hoses for both my passenger and myself coming out on the bottom. That is mounted up in the front inside the sill on the right side. I plug my hoses into the quick connect to start the flow and push the quick release when I'm done.

If there is a fire then I hit the disconnect button to pop the hose's out. Worse case is if there were flames that far back that they have melted the lines and the O2 is feeding a fire then my gig would probably be over anyway.

Tim
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