Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
You’d all have a bit more credibility if you got the chemical symbol for the gas correct. And hands up those who’ve done many, many hours of flying with an accurate CO detector in the cockpit.
Point taken. That superfluous “2” was a result of muscle memory... what with being hammered by climate change experts and all that. Call it my Greta Thunberg moment if you will.
If by accurate CO detector? I presume you’re referring to that unlit, aged plastic thing with a circle which is supposed to turn dark in the presence of CO and is stuck to the lower far right side of the panel. Then the answer is yes. Many, many single pilot, night hours with the Janitrol heater going full blast. None of which makes me any the wiser on CO poisoning.
My comment was to do with the unintended excess of outside fresh air flowing through the cockpits of the Beavers I flew and the then presumed likelihood of this diluting the CO concentration.