AdamZ
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Adam Zucker
With the cold Wx not to far away and Ted's recent post about a cracked exhaust system, I have been thinking about CO poisioning. First off a few questions:
1) Do I assume correctly that CO poisioning is more likely in aviation in winter months since we use our heat which is not used in the warmer months. I'd assume a cracked exhaust system would introduce CO into the heat exchanger.
2) CO often kills at night in homes while folks are asleeep and may not notice the effects of increased CO levels. While CO may be insideous and creep up on you it dose have signs such as incrased exhaustion and head aches before it incapacitates you. Since pilots are perhaps more aware of CO exposure that the general public and since we may carry even the cheapest $7.00 CO detector cards in our planes I'm thinking we may have the opportunity to be forwarned that we are being exposed to CO. In such a case would opening the outside airvents and the pilots mini window get enough fresh air in the cockpit to allow you time to get the plane safely on the ground?
1) Do I assume correctly that CO poisioning is more likely in aviation in winter months since we use our heat which is not used in the warmer months. I'd assume a cracked exhaust system would introduce CO into the heat exchanger.
2) CO often kills at night in homes while folks are asleeep and may not notice the effects of increased CO levels. While CO may be insideous and creep up on you it dose have signs such as incrased exhaustion and head aches before it incapacitates you. Since pilots are perhaps more aware of CO exposure that the general public and since we may carry even the cheapest $7.00 CO detector cards in our planes I'm thinking we may have the opportunity to be forwarned that we are being exposed to CO. In such a case would opening the outside airvents and the pilots mini window get enough fresh air in the cockpit to allow you time to get the plane safely on the ground?