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"David Megginson" wrote .. "Nils Rostedt" writes: Exactly. And when jumping into the plane after this workout exercise, the body sweat promptly converts to ice on the windows ;(. Try leaving the storm window open at first, until the defroster is pumping out enough heat. That trick works to keep a car from frosting or fogging up as well (just open the windows a bit). Right, that's standard practice here in winter. The problem is, that the defroster has very poor effect during the warm-up and slow taxi phase. Sufficient warm air only starts to flow during the take-off run when full power is applied. At least this is the case in the two-seaters I've flown. Maybe the bigger tin cans do better. Anyway I've found it's much more comfortable (and safe) to go inside, or to my car, and quickly switch into a dry shirt before boarding the cold airplane. Less frost on the canopy, and a much warmer feeling until the plane's heater finally kicks in. Hey, every bushpilot has a spare shirt anyway ;-) / Nils Helsinki, Finland |
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