Re: cabin heat

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Rusty,
We looked at some dedicated aircraft cooling units and they were pretty pricey. We finally went to Sam's and bought a good size window air conditioning unit for about $300.00. The mechanic then made an sheet metal cover for the front to catch the cold air and that was attached to a hose about 5 inces in diameter which went to an adapter he made to fit to the open co-pilots window. The whole unit was mounted on a low cart and powered by 115 VAC. 
Sounds like an ugly rig but our mechanics were able to make them look very professional. They dropped the temps dramatically in the aircraft and worked well even in LA, TX, and FL in the summer. Not only did it help keep the drugs at an acceptable temp, it precooled the aircraft interior greatly, lot's less sweating!!. We probably didn't have $400.00 in parts in the whole deal.
It was left in place to the last possible minute, but could be quickly removed.
Once we had them, no one wanted to operate without them again.
Mike

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