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ghancock

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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2016, 05:36:06 pm »
Well, I am still in freaking Maine.  I started another thread in the instructional section on my experience with the engine heating processes that I plan to keep posting to as a test thread.  I had zero luck today but did get to test enough to be pretty positive that most people making claims about how well things work don't have enough experience to be making posts.

Here is the link to it: http://www.twincommandergroup.com/index.php?topic=411.0

As for the light bulbs, there is no way they'd work in these temps.  It is so damn cold outside my brain freezes, or at least that is what I claim when I go all stupid :-)

I've honestly never been in weather this cold.  The sun was out and not a cloud in the sky today.  At 16 it was warm, but you last about 30 seconds outside and are looking for a place to hide. 

I have three hopes for tomorrow.  1) The temp is supposed to be in the 20's, 2) I have a Red Dragon that should be here at the hotel in the AM, and 3) there is a guy at the airport that said he was going to try to find me a heater for tomorrow that I could try.  So hopefully I'll get launched and into warmer weather some time tomorrow.

Wish me luck,

Glenn
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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2016, 05:59:27 pm »
Enjoy a nice dinner with the family tonight and get a good nights sleep as tomorrow the Dragon will breath some fire into the Commander and you will be homeward bound feeling heaps better. Oh and do not forget to warm up the wheel wells.  ;D

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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2016, 09:42:00 am »
Well, UPS is supposed to be delivering the Red Dragon to the hotel this morning but still is not showing out for delivery.  I called them and they promised it would be here by 12 but at the moment I'm not sure. 

The good news is a guy at the airport finally dug up enough stuff to heat it up there.  So worst case I'll be leaving without the dragon but if all goes well we should be able to at least start heading south today.  It was negative 8 when we woke up this morning so definitely need the heater(s).  If the dragon shows up I'll have 2 so I can get them both going at same time.

Hopefully my next post will be from GA... :-)

Glenn
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ghancock

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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2016, 09:43:04 am »
Oh, Adam, I didn't comment on your post but that was my favorite all time show.  I was very sad when they decided to stop doing it as I loved watching those old planes.  And they didn't have to dramatize much because the planes probably did break down daily. :-)

Thanks,

Glenn
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ghancock

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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2016, 08:59:02 pm »
Here is a video of our departure and a few images of the events leading up to it.  Also posting video of landing in D.C. Area to spend the night and we'll finish the trip tomorrow.  The Red Dragon never showed up due to UPS screwup but the airport mechanic finally came up with a heater and hose to warm things up.  It blows my mind though people saying they can heat an engine up in 20 minutes as this thing was totally hot inside and the oil still took 2 hours to get where you could check it.  We actually ended up draining it and getting some heated multi weight oil added back in before we could crank them.  What a job...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkxzA1lbYQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QF1n6V5v0zA










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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2016, 05:44:18 am »
Great you got her out of there!

All my cold weather experience is from over 20 years ago when I took my PPL in Sweden. Even have an ice landing on a frozen lake logged! But since then it's all been rather benign temperatures here in SoCal. This is a good reminder that when it gets cold, doesn't matter what plane you fly, you need to be vigilant and resourceful to get them going again!

Slumming it in the turboprop world - so you don't have to.

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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2016, 10:22:54 pm »
Yeah, we're glad to be home too.  65 degrees today and supposed to be 70 for Christmas...  I usually like it cold for Christmas but after the last week I think I'm ok with the warmth.

Glenn
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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2016, 11:02:50 am »
Welcome home, Glenn.  Great photos!  Sorry about your cold weather experience, but, you gotta admit, it WAS a great story!  Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Georgia to Maine
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2017, 03:35:17 pm »
Glenn, what a trip and time! Thank you for sharing with us. Living here in Western NY, with temperatures around what you experienced- leads me to add a couple things to my aircraft search(electric oil pan heaters....)!