C172 Air vents

[Matt Young]

Our club owns a 1978 172. The little tabs that hold the pilots side air
vent in the tube have come out and been lost, so when you get up to
speed, it just pops out (makes the right seat nice adn cool this time of
year, but will be a problem in winter). Any ideas on easy fixes or
finding the replacement part without spending a good bit of money?

[zatatime]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:57:31 GMT, Matt Young >
wrote:

>Our club owns a 1978 172. The little tabs that hold the pilots side air
>vent in the tube have come out and been lost, so when you get up to
>speed, it just pops out (makes the right seat nice adn cool this time of
>year, but will be a problem in winter). Any ideas on easy fixes or
>finding the replacement part without spending a good bit of money?

Duct tape.

[Dude]

There are after market tubes that work better. I don't know the name, but I
rented a plane with them, and it was more quiet, and cooler.

Hopefully someone will have the name.



"Matt Young" > wrote in message
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> Our club owns a 1978 172. The little tabs that hold the pilots side air
> vent in the tube have come out and been lost, so when you get up to
> speed, it just pops out (makes the right seat nice adn cool this time of
> year, but will be a problem in winter). Any ideas on easy fixes or
> finding the replacement part without spending a good bit of money?

[Javier Henderson]

"Dude" > writes:

> There are after market tubes that work better. I don't know the name, but I
> rented a plane with them, and it was more quiet, and cooler.
>
> Hopefully someone will have the name.

Your choice of Ventubes ($70 or so for the pair) or the ultrabichin'
ones from Sporty's at nearly $400 for the pair.

Both are STC'd for Skyhawks.

-jav

[Rosspilot]

>the ultrabichin'
>ones from Sporty's at nearly $400 for the pair.


These are the ones I put in my 'Hawk during the first year I had it. They are
extremely high quality, fully articulating, and very sleek. Every once in a
while, I have to tell whomever is in the right seat to please adjust it so the
stream of air doesn't activate their microphone. That's SO annoying :-)





www.Rosspilot.com

[Jeff P]

I used "Vent Tubes."

Check out www.ventube.com. Easy to install and work fine.

Also available from Aircraft Spruce and others.

Jeff

[Greg Copeland]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:46:22 +0000, zatatime wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:57:31 GMT, Matt Young >
> wrote:
>
>>Our club owns a 1978 172. The little tabs that hold the pilots side air
>>vent in the tube have come out and been lost, so when you get up to
>>speed, it just pops out (makes the right seat nice adn cool this time of
>>year, but will be a problem in winter). Any ideas on easy fixes or
>>finding the replacement part without spending a good bit of money?
>
> Duct tape.


Is the STC on that strictly for the duct tape and vent combination or is
it for the tape on anything? ;)

Cheers!

Greg

[Dan Truesdell]

What did you do with the OAT?

Jeff P wrote:
> I used "Vent Tubes."
>
> Check out www.ventube.com. Easy to install and work fine.
>
> Also available from Aircraft Spruce and others.
>
> Jeff


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[Jeff P]

Dan Truesdell > wrote in message >...
> What did you do with the OAT?
>
You just drill a hole in the center of the right tube and screw it in.
Fits and works just like the factory vent can.