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Floats
The 80 kts quoted has nothing to do with arming the floats. They should already be armed as soon as you cross the coast.
When OEI the speed should be reduced prior to ditching and 80 kts is recommended. Read the RFM with that in mind.
If you are one of those who disagrees with flying around with the floats 'armed' (as required by the RFM whenever over water) then be sure you document your revised procedure and have it approved by your local regulatory authority (CAA, DCA, ENAC, INAC et. etc.)
Otherwise should anything go wrong.......... keep the name of a very good lawyer on your cellphone.
G.
When OEI the speed should be reduced prior to ditching and 80 kts is recommended. Read the RFM with that in mind.
If you are one of those who disagrees with flying around with the floats 'armed' (as required by the RFM whenever over water) then be sure you document your revised procedure and have it approved by your local regulatory authority (CAA, DCA, ENAC, INAC et. etc.)
Otherwise should anything go wrong.......... keep the name of a very good lawyer on your cellphone.
G.
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Originally Posted by DOUBLE BOGEY
Also is it certified for SPH operations IFR?
Yes, it is SPH IFR certified,
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Windscreen Fogging
Looking for advice and information share about problems with windscreen fogging in a tropical environment:
Mainly occurs after night IFR descent (7000'/20 deg C/high humidity) to MDA and landing. Usually the night ambient range at landing is around 24-30 deg C and 85-100% humidity, and we are getting fogging on the inside and/or outside. Our frame arrived with plastics after the problems with the heated glass fit.
We have had varying success with the following:
1. Leaving cabin door closed - a problem with outfield landings.
2. A/C off in cruise, and then heater on low during descent. Problem is the cockpit can get pretty warn, the aft cabin v.hot, and there is also the ambient temp limit to consider. Some times, just vents with high fan on produces adequate results.
3. Some variations on the theme above have also produced different results. If you leave the heater too late on descent, the moist ambient produces instant IMC on the inside, which can then be cleared by full A/C, but if you time that wrong, the windscreen cools and you get fogging on the outside!
The obvious answer is warm/dry air onto the screen to clear the inside (if required) and heated windscreen to keep the fogging off the outside during descent. We are still coming to grips with heater and A/C and can't seem to find ideal settings, and there may be a considerable time to wait for a heated windscreen fit.
Any operators out there having the same problems?
Do/did you have the heated glass and was it any good? What is the range of view - the wipers are useless and only good for forward viewing, ie no good for steep approaches/winching.
Any advice about the heater and A/C?
Appreciate any help/advice.
SNED
Mainly occurs after night IFR descent (7000'/20 deg C/high humidity) to MDA and landing. Usually the night ambient range at landing is around 24-30 deg C and 85-100% humidity, and we are getting fogging on the inside and/or outside. Our frame arrived with plastics after the problems with the heated glass fit.
We have had varying success with the following:
1. Leaving cabin door closed - a problem with outfield landings.
2. A/C off in cruise, and then heater on low during descent. Problem is the cockpit can get pretty warn, the aft cabin v.hot, and there is also the ambient temp limit to consider. Some times, just vents with high fan on produces adequate results.
3. Some variations on the theme above have also produced different results. If you leave the heater too late on descent, the moist ambient produces instant IMC on the inside, which can then be cleared by full A/C, but if you time that wrong, the windscreen cools and you get fogging on the outside!
The obvious answer is warm/dry air onto the screen to clear the inside (if required) and heated windscreen to keep the fogging off the outside during descent. We are still coming to grips with heater and A/C and can't seem to find ideal settings, and there may be a considerable time to wait for a heated windscreen fit.
Any operators out there having the same problems?
Do/did you have the heated glass and was it any good? What is the range of view - the wipers are useless and only good for forward viewing, ie no good for steep approaches/winching.
Any advice about the heater and A/C?
Appreciate any help/advice.
SNED
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Cant really comment on humidity being in Ireland, but had remnents of icing on windscreens from freezing fog - the heated windscreens cleared it by the time I switched to flight mode 
I have to say was very good!!
I have to say was very good!!
We were told during the manufacurers course, not to apply anything to the windscreens as it could cause failure of the coating applied during manufacture!!
And the wipers don't cause any damage then???
Merry Chrimbo to you all.
3D
And the wipers don't cause any damage then???Merry Chrimbo to you all.
3D
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As Fletch said, the heated glass screens are the ticket!! No worries about misting, no worries about wipers AND, with the weight of them, a bonus in shifting the CG just a little further forward!!
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Doing it in Sesto Calende, factor in 2 weeks ground School, 2 weeks in the Sim, plus 5 hours in the aircraft (for JAA), subsistence & travel costs plus pay while you're there and the whole lot will cost somebedy the far side of €50k, maybe nearer €60k.
Cheap it ain't!!!!
Cheap it ain't!!!!
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Yes Heliski but where else in the world can you combine the delights of Italian cuisine with the trials and tribulations of a factory course.
No doubt you will be heading for the border tomorrow with the other half your population that didn't go shopping in the North today. The supermarkets are empty and you've bought all the booze....... what will the folk up there have with their Christmas dinner? Ah......... I forgot, there will always be an endless supply of the dark stuff on tap...... you lucky people.
Happy Christmas and safe flying in 2009 to all 139 drivers out there in the real world.
G
No doubt you will be heading for the border tomorrow with the other half your population that didn't go shopping in the North today. The supermarkets are empty and you've bought all the booze....... what will the folk up there have with their Christmas dinner? Ah......... I forgot, there will always be an endless supply of the dark stuff on tap...... you lucky people.
Happy Christmas and safe flying in 2009 to all 139 drivers out there in the real world.
G
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Geoffers, dear boy, I only said it wasn't cheap, I didn't say it wasn't good!!!!!!!!
Happy Christmas and good luck for the New Year!! Whatever else it brings, the current economic climate means we will at least be able to depend upon 2009 to bring a lot of changes to the world - not all good, perhaps, but changes nonetheless!
Happy Christmas and good luck for the New Year!! Whatever else it brings, the current economic climate means we will at least be able to depend upon 2009 to bring a lot of changes to the world - not all good, perhaps, but changes nonetheless!