jesse
Touchdown! Greaser!
Winter is coming and I'm trying to figure out the best way for me to preheat the aircraft engine before flight.
I do get pretty good Verizon data at the hangar so I should be able to build something with a pre-paid Verizon cell phone to turn a 110 volt socket on and off remotely. Not too worried about that detail.
Tanis has a solution that heats each cylinder and the oil tank. The only real issue is cost: $420.
Are there any experimental options? I'd think it'd be pretty easy to find a heater to heat the oil tank with. But it seems like heating the cylinders is a pretty damn good idea as well and I can't think up a way to do that.
Edit: I guess a budget solution would be to just stick a high wattage incandescent bulb in the cowling and throw some blankets over it. Sometimes the most obvious solution isn't the most obvious solution at 6am. Although I'm sure the Reiff would be by far superior to this.
I do get pretty good Verizon data at the hangar so I should be able to build something with a pre-paid Verizon cell phone to turn a 110 volt socket on and off remotely. Not too worried about that detail.
Tanis has a solution that heats each cylinder and the oil tank. The only real issue is cost: $420.
Are there any experimental options? I'd think it'd be pretty easy to find a heater to heat the oil tank with. But it seems like heating the cylinders is a pretty damn good idea as well and I can't think up a way to do that.
Edit: I guess a budget solution would be to just stick a high wattage incandescent bulb in the cowling and throw some blankets over it. Sometimes the most obvious solution isn't the most obvious solution at 6am. Although I'm sure the Reiff would be by far superior to this.
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