Things to remember in very hot weather

On Jun 29, 8:32 am, "muff528" wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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More_Flaps writes:

Sweat dripping onto your keyboard and BO attracting the landlord.

The hot weather was in the sim, not in real life (fortunately). That's
another advantage of simulation. There would be nothing fun about flying
at
43° C in real life.

I doubt it would be uncomfortably hot at 3-4000 feet if it's 43° C on the
ground. Maybe you're flying too close to the ground.

Tony P.

I'll disagree, 43° C (109 f.) is extremely uncomfortable at 3000'.
Unless you have A/C in the plane, I don't.
Lou

"Lou" wrote in message
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On Jun 29, 8:32 am, "muff528" wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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More_Flaps writes:

Sweat dripping onto your keyboard and BO attracting the landlord.

The hot weather was in the sim, not in real life (fortunately). That's
another advantage of simulation. There would be nothing fun about
flying
at
43° C in real life.

I doubt it would be uncomfortably hot at 3-4000 feet if it's 43° C on the
ground. Maybe you're flying too close to the ground.

Tony P.

I'll disagree, 43° C (109 f.) is extremely uncomfortable at 3000'.
Unless you have A/C in the plane, I don't.
Lou

Yep, 43° C (109 f.) WOULD be extremely uncomfortable at 3000'. But it
probably not that hot at 3000 if it's 43C on the ground.

TP

On Jun 29, 8:57 am, "muff528" wrote:
"Lou" wrote in message

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On Jun 29, 8:32 am, "muff528" wrote:



"Mxsmanic" wrote in message

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More_Flaps writes:

Sweat dripping onto your keyboard and BO attracting the landlord.

The hot weather was in the sim, not in real life (fortunately). That's
another advantage of simulation. There would be nothing fun about
flying
at
43° C in real life.

I doubt it would be uncomfortably hot at 3-4000 feet if it's 43° C on the
ground. Maybe you're flying too close to the ground.

Tony P.

I'll disagree, 43° C (109 f.) is extremely uncomfortable at 3000'.
Unless you have A/C in the plane, I don't.
Lou

Yep, 43° C (109 f.) WOULD be extremely uncomfortable at 3000'. But it
probably not that hot at 3000 if it's 43C on the ground.

TP

I'll be honest, I won't fly (C152) in that hot of weather. Solo, I can
get
off the ground, but I can't grasp the controls. My palms sweat like a
fountain.
Lou

muff528 wrote:


Yep, 43° C (109 f.) WOULD be extremely uncomfortable at 3000'. But it
probably not that hot at 3000 if it's 43C on the ground.

Do you fly?

109F on the ground would be at or near 100F at 3,000. That's still hot,
especially with the sun beating on you through the windows.

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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muff528 wrote:


Yep, 43° C (109 f.) WOULD be extremely uncomfortable at 3000'. But it
probably not that hot at 3000 if it's 43C on the ground.

Do you fly?

109F on the ground would be at or near 100F at 3,000. That's still hot,
especially with the sun beating on you through the windows.

Yeah, appox 3 degrees per 1000ft would hold up in a homogenous air column.
But I don't think that's necessarily the case everywhere. For example, here
in Florida I have noticed that even in summertime when it's oppressively hot
and humid at the surface, there seems to be an abrupt drop in temperature
around 3000 to 4000 ft. That's the only reason I picked the 3000 ft. number.
Maybe that's not the case in less humid climes. In wintertime (typically
less humid) it just gets colder and colder from the ground up to over 20000
where my experience ends in an unpressurized environment although I've heard
it definitely gets even colder.:-)
If it's still too hot at 3000 feet just go higher till you cool off! You're
in an airplane!

Tony P.

muff528 writes:

If it's still too hot at 3000 feet just go higher till you cool off! You're
in an airplane!

In this case, the service ceiling of the aircraft would make it difficult to
cool off by climbing.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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muff528 writes:

If it's still too hot at 3000 feet just go higher till you cool off!
You're
in an airplane!

In this case, the service ceiling of the aircraft would make it difficult
to
cool off by climbing.

If that's as high as your airplane will go you probably should get another
airplane. At least don't fly around out west where the hills are higher than
that. Sometimes even the ground is higher than that! :-)
TP

muff528 writes:

If that's as high as your airplane will go you probably should get another
airplane. At least don't fly around out west where the hills are higher than
that. Sometimes even the ground is higher than that! :-)

I try to avoid the mountains when flying a small plane. There are some
extensive flat areas in the American west, but it is true that sometimes to
get between two points it's hard to avoid the mountains, short of crossing
half the continent to go around them. Even if the aircraft has the requisite
ceiling, carrying oxygen for everyone is awkward and will not inspire
confidence in passengers.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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muff528 writes:

If it's still too hot at 3000 feet just go higher till you cool off!
You're in an airplane!

In this case, the service ceiling of the aircraft would make it
difficult to cool off by climbing.


BULL****. You don't know what you are talking about.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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muff528 writes:

If it's still too hot at 3000 feet just go higher till you cool off!
You're in an airplane!

In this case, the service ceiling of the aircraft would make it
difficult to cool off by climbing.


No, it wouldn't, moron.



Bertie