LongRoadBob
Cleared for Takeoff
Just curious. I know "reality shows" are often faking situations, etc. but have always wondered with "Mountain Men", the pilot Marty that traps out in the Alaskan wilderness. He flies a (I think it is another manufacturer) kind of a piper cub clone, and when he is up at his trapping cabin he covers the engine cowling, and has also covers for the prop.
But he has no electricity up there. So, my first thought is that after X amount of time, the engine is as cold as it would be with no covers. Maybe saves it from ice, from dew, etc. but it would equalize the cold after a while. Then it would be keeping the engine maybe even colder on a sunny day, since it insulates.
In a much later season, he did have a kind of butane warming device he put in the engine compartment some hours before he was planning to take off to heat up the oil and engine just a little.
I guess mainly wondering how it normally works with these covers, and specially when one doesn't have access to electricity.
But he has no electricity up there. So, my first thought is that after X amount of time, the engine is as cold as it would be with no covers. Maybe saves it from ice, from dew, etc. but it would equalize the cold after a while. Then it would be keeping the engine maybe even colder on a sunny day, since it insulates.
In a much later season, he did have a kind of butane warming device he put in the engine compartment some hours before he was planning to take off to heat up the oil and engine just a little.
I guess mainly wondering how it normally works with these covers, and specially when one doesn't have access to electricity.