RVators,
Someone once said that one of the worst places to keep an airplane in the winter is in a heated hanger where the heat is turned off at night. The reason being that as everything cools, condensation will form and we all know that water is bad for the internal parts of engines and airframes alike.
My question to you all is would turning on an engine oil sump heater daily at 1300 and off at 1700L via a timer do the same thing?
Also, can anyone expand what's going on with the internal/external heating and cooling; condensing and evaporating; dew points; engine 'breathing'; etc.
Thanks in advance!
-Jim
Someone once said that one of the worst places to keep an airplane in the winter is in a heated hanger where the heat is turned off at night. The reason being that as everything cools, condensation will form and we all know that water is bad for the internal parts of engines and airframes alike.
My question to you all is would turning on an engine oil sump heater daily at 1300 and off at 1700L via a timer do the same thing?
Also, can anyone expand what's going on with the internal/external heating and cooling; condensing and evaporating; dew points; engine 'breathing'; etc.
Thanks in advance!
-Jim