Toobuilder
Well Known Member
The times that my wife and I would fly the -8 in cold weather would usually end up with her freezing, my left foot on fire, and both of us wishing for something better. Considering both the poor heater performance as well as the impressive electrical power of this particular -8, I decided to remove all the heater equipment and place my stock in heated clothing. It was a good choice. While our trip over to Phoenix this week was hardly an example of "severe" weather, we did find that the lightweight electric clothing kept us nice and toasty. We're only running a lightweight vest and heated insoles. It seems that keeping your core and feet warm is really all we need in an airplane.
It's a whole lot easier, lighter, more reliable and safer to run a couple wires to a power outlet than installing the exhaust driven heater.
Anyway, big thumbs up for this mod. All my airplanes are going to be like this from here out.
It's a whole lot easier, lighter, more reliable and safer to run a couple wires to a power outlet than installing the exhaust driven heater.
Anyway, big thumbs up for this mod. All my airplanes are going to be like this from here out.
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