I flew my Tailwind at -10 F after preheating with no problems though the Dynon screens were black for 5 minutes till the cabin warmed up inside.
Hello All,
I am curious as to how cold it gets before you stop flying.? ? I have a really good heater in my plane and I think I have flown it down to about zero F but unless I have a specific mission,? I normally don't fly when it gets below about10 degrees F.? What do you do?? ?This is not really a post about how to start your cold engine or about preheating as I am going to assume we all preheat when it gets cold.? ? It has been cold in Wisconsin the last week or so.? I flew last Thursday and it was about 18 degrees F and all was fine other than oil temps only got to about 160 degrees.? CHTs were around the 300 degree mark.? ?
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I have contemplated using some blue "painters tape" to partially cover the cowl inlets (would remove after each flight)? but have resisted putting any tape on my cowl.? ?I used to use duct tape on my Tripacer and have flown it to -15 F with no problems.
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Just curious.? ?Winter flying can be very enjoyable.? Let's all have a great 2025!!
Keith
