Bryan Wood
Well Known Member
A quick search brought no results for Artic Air so here goes. There is a thread on the AOPA forums about building a clone of the artic air including a parts list and suppliers. Total cost is around $150, but could be done cheaper if one was to shop around. It looks like the folks building these are having a few teething pains, but the idea has me intrigued.
Has anybody out there flown with an Artic Air unit in their RV? How about a clone homebuilt unit? On the AOPA thread one person claimed to use his in his Comanche by turning it on in his hanger and cooling down the plane nicely, or out on the ramp in the sun he said it will keep the plane cool enough that after preflighting he won't sweat when he climbs in. There is talk of Lances and the like being cooled by these small ice chest cooler thingamajigs so an RV seems like the easiest job one could ever be used for.
Here is a link to the thread. What do you think, is it worth trying?
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=26714
Blue Skies,
Has anybody out there flown with an Artic Air unit in their RV? How about a clone homebuilt unit? On the AOPA thread one person claimed to use his in his Comanche by turning it on in his hanger and cooling down the plane nicely, or out on the ramp in the sun he said it will keep the plane cool enough that after preflighting he won't sweat when he climbs in. There is talk of Lances and the like being cooled by these small ice chest cooler thingamajigs so an RV seems like the easiest job one could ever be used for.
Here is a link to the thread. What do you think, is it worth trying?
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=26714
Blue Skies,
