Sweat obscuring vision before takeoff on hot days....

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asicer said:
Well if we're going to resort to gadgetry...
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I have AC in the plane but am super heat sensitive and I have that exact neck cooler - mostly for hot preflights, loading luggage and up to the first few minutes after engine start and before the AC can effectively cool the cabin. I also have a small battery powered Ryobi fan that I keep in a storage cubby within reach of the pilot seat.

Anyway, the neck cooler does help a good bit but it isn’t like being in real air conditioning.
 
Fly in the early morning, you have good light by 6am, it’s cooler, less traffic and smoother air.
 
I use one of these when cycling in hot weather, I’ve been happy with the results. It does a good job keeping sweat out of my eyes and stopping sweat from dripping down the lenses of my glasses.

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cowman said:
Reaching over there to do the latch isn't a big problem, but I've had gusts of wind grab that door and sheer off the pin on the lower hinge arm, slamming it forward against the side of the plane before. I'm not terribly comfortable letting it hang open in any wind/propwash without a hand on it to make sure that doesn't happen again.
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I missed that comment. That sucks. I've had mine swing open hard before, but thankfully the pin has held (although it's wobbly). The propwash does a good job of keeping the door from swinging forward, except with a gusty tailwind, so judicious parking solves most of it.. A door steward kit might help too. I will say that every flight school plane taxis around here with the door popped open.
 
MooneyDriver78 said:
Fly in the early morning, you have good light by 6am, it’s cooler, less traffic and smoother air.
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It would take an act of congress to get my wife ready for wheels up at 6am. She is not a morning person and I had to negotiate pretty hard to get her to agree to a 7:30AM departure from the house the other day for a 1600NM trip across the country. It was 89 degrees alread with 100% humidity as I was loading endless luggage (and a kids dirt bike) into the plane (high for the day 104!)
 
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I always wear a hat. In the morning or late in the day, when I am taking off or landing into the sun, I have a flip down clip on visor on the bill of the hat.
Looks dumb as all get out, but it works.
But I don't suffer from flop sweat so none of this may apply.
 
RudyP said:
It would take an act of congress to get my wife ready for wheels up at 6am.
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Schedule leaving at 8:00, know you’ll leave your house at 9:00, flight plan filed for 10:30.

Drop spouse at FBO, pre flight and pack, park car, go to FBO to change out of your heat stroke temp sweat soaked shirt, and then you’re off.
 
WDD said:
Schedule leaving at 8:00, know you’ll leave your house at 9:00, flight plan filed for 10:30.

Drop spouse at FBO, pre flight and pack, park car, go to FBO to change out of your heat stroke temp sweat soaked shirt, and then you’re off.
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Or take two cars. Prep aircraft, then sit in A/C until wife gets there.
 
Shepherd said:
Looks dumb as all get out, but it works
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Speaking of looks dumb... I was talking with a friend about my decision to get an in-ear headset to I culd wear a floppy hat. He sent me a message two days later that he found a solution that cost less than a new headset. I don't think it's this specific one, but you get the idea.

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Jim K said:
I missed that comment. That sucks. I've had mine swing open hard before, but thankfully the pin has held (although it's wobbly). The propwash does a good job of keeping the door from swinging forward, except with a gusty tailwind, so judicious parking solves most of it.. A door steward kit might help too. I will say that every flight school plane taxis around here with the door popped open.
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So, I looked into the door steward when it happened. My mechanic convinced me not to get one, saying the rivet that sheared off was actually a protection feature and that the steward could cause damage to the door or door frame in the same situation. He put a new rivet in and didn't even charge me, was like a 1 minute repair.

You're probably right on the propwash thing too, I'm just paranoid about it especially when many hours from home. When mine got ripped open it was actually shut down on the ramp, I'd had some avionics work done that needed a test flight and the avionics tech was in the right seat. He opened the door and the wind just grabbed it and slammed it wide open towards the front of the plane. The cherry on top of the many reasons I'm not going back to that shop again.
 
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