At 04:45 01 October 2019, 2G wrote:
On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 7:12:34 PM UTC-7, ProfJ wrote:
Ok, looking for the wisdom of the crowd (or even just the individual)
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e. I want to get an oxygen setup for my glider. It's an old-school
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g motor glider (SZD-45 Ogar) but I like to soar it anyway, and I live in
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Colorado so I am regularly bumping my head on the 12,500ft and 14,000ft
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imits". (Why "limits"? Well my house is at 9,000' and I regularly ride
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mountain bike up to 12,000 ft without getting notably out of breath, but
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guess you have to take the rules seriously.) So: what is the best oxygen
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etup for western soaring, mostly sub-5hr flights, two seat glider, easy
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ess to an oxygen distributor, easy retro-fit to an experimental glider,
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te a lot of space in the cockpit? Oh, and budget friendly, in case the
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er didn't give you a clue.

The "limit" is 12,500, not 14,000. You can go to 14k for 30 min ONCE per
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ight.
Realistically, be on O2 above 10k for YOUR OWN SAFETY.

Hi John
The Ogar is not short on cargo space and in a good C of G position with
built in anchor points as a ex ogar owner I would say the instalation of O2
cylinder will be easy I can't remember the cargo weight limit but it was
generous.
KF