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Hangar Flying / Hazards in higher temp heat muff
« on: January 20, 2006, 01:08:05 PM »
Fellow carnadians,
I see all the interest and upset people when a EZ type plane is posted for sale on eBay or some other site that has some questionable information. It is a good idea as far as I am concerned to question such listings from a safety point of view.
My prior posting about increasing heat muff temperatures via insulating the heat muff, etc. posed safety issues also. I have been surprised by the lack of relevant comments.
What if I insulated the heat muff and managed to increase the temps enough to overheat the Scat type hose? Wouldn't this be really great to happen particularly during the winter when carb heat is a must? The hose could melt with no carb heat available.
If you think one should proceed with caution, do a little insulating at a time, forget the whole thing, etc. I would appreciate your comments. I do know that there are intelligent/experience people out there!
One suggestion I rec'd to check for leaking cold leaking ram air was a good one and I will be checking on that, but I expect that I will still want to explore insulating the carb heat muff system.
My VariEze is just about 25 years old now and I have made several changes from standard over the years, but don't plan on doing anything too radical or dangerous.
In the interest of all concerned-- just me, but any other EZ types out there with similar problems, how about laying out your thoughts?
WJohnson
I see all the interest and upset people when a EZ type plane is posted for sale on eBay or some other site that has some questionable information. It is a good idea as far as I am concerned to question such listings from a safety point of view.
My prior posting about increasing heat muff temperatures via insulating the heat muff, etc. posed safety issues also. I have been surprised by the lack of relevant comments.
What if I insulated the heat muff and managed to increase the temps enough to overheat the Scat type hose? Wouldn't this be really great to happen particularly during the winter when carb heat is a must? The hose could melt with no carb heat available.
If you think one should proceed with caution, do a little insulating at a time, forget the whole thing, etc. I would appreciate your comments. I do know that there are intelligent/experience people out there!
One suggestion I rec'd to check for leaking cold leaking ram air was a good one and I will be checking on that, but I expect that I will still want to explore insulating the carb heat muff system.
My VariEze is just about 25 years old now and I have made several changes from standard over the years, but don't plan on doing anything too radical or dangerous.
In the interest of all concerned-- just me, but any other EZ types out there with similar problems, how about laying out your thoughts?
WJohnson