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Project Blue Angels SeaRey
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Date: 9-2-2013
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Number of Hours: 5.00
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Manual Reference: None
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Brief Description: Heater connections to the engine
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Connecting the heater hoses to the engine. The engine has a 3/8 and a 1/4 connection for this, so it's up to you to figure out how to convert that into a 5/8" barb for the hose... took a lot of fittings to accomplish for me, especially wanting an elbow.
Most all SeaReys with heaters route the heater hoses to the back of the turtle deck and up the rear pylon. When filled with fluid, that's a lot of weight aft of the CG, so I elected to run mine up right behind the front pylon gusset (one on each side). The Viking documentation mentioned that it's a good idea to turn off the flow of hot coolant when not running the heater, because that coolant isn't being directed into the radiator to cool down as it should (which isn't a problem at temps when you'd use the heater). Because of where I ran the heater hose, this allowed me to put a value to turn this on and off right from my seat, so there's no need to make a decision on the ground on whether I may or may not use the heater, so I can turn on the valve. If my flight takes me to 36,000 feet and I need heat, I can easily flip the valve in the air (yes, little joke on the altitude, but you get the idea).
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Lots of parts needed to connect heater hose to the engine
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Nifty valve so I can turn the coolant flow on/off from the cockpit
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Heater hose routing to engine
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