Linda's Sling High Wing

Air box, air intakes, seats, prepping fuselage for paint

May 11, 2022

Climate control system - there are three valves controlled by the controller that is in the overhead - one from the shroud around the engine into the cabin and one on each side of the cockpit. There is an outlet on the firewall side so that if the air to the cabin is closed the hot air has a way to escape. The air that comes in from the engine goes into a distributor box that spits to each side of the cockpit and one hose down the middle to the back. On either side of the cockpit in the front the air from the engine is combined with air from the NACA duct via a valve to mix the hot and cold to get the desired temperature. In the back the hot air comes out from the center console and the fresh cold air comes in from overhead. That air is taken from an intake on each wing root. There was an issue with water joining the air and getting through the vents into the back, so R&D (Jono) designed an S curved piece where the water can pool (see photos below) and then be drained out the bottom of the airplane (still working out exactly where we will do that). Additionally, we are taking the outside air temperature out of that piece.

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