| Diverting & controlling engine compartment airflow to heat the cockpit [message #298005] |
Fri, 25 March 2016 06:24  |
rcjordan
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Location: Elizabeth City, North Car...
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Hat tip to Dennis Hill for the idea on FB. Here's the conversation there. I thought I'd bring it over to the GMC Engineering Dept to explore the idea. I **HATE** having cold feet --particularly while I'm driving!!
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Billy Massey: It was a cold trip today with a side wind again. Beginning to wish I'd brought warmer boots. Drove with a blanket on my legs the whole way.
David Martin Servati: So the heater in these things aren't worth a hill of beans?
Billy Massey: Depends on the number of leaks through the firewall. The heater works, but can't keep up.
Dennis Hill: Try lifting the hatch an inch or two on your side. Lots of warm air there
Billy Massey: Ha, why didn't I think of that? I couldn't keep it down in the hot wind yesterday.
Dennis Hill: You said warm air was coming in and you put something on it to keep it down. My heater doesn't work very well either
RC Jordan: You know, we need to explore putting some blast gates in to control this heat source. A whole bunch of coaches have louvers installed to vent the heat outside. We need a way to divert that inside.
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