Cabin Heater Box

[M Towsley]

Anyone have a cabin heater box in good operating condition they are willing to sell? Thanks!

[crispy critter]

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I think I might have an extra one. I will have to do a little digging. Might wanna call or text me a reminder saturday morning.

[M Towsley]

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Ok, thanks Kev.

[KAR 120C]

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Does anyone have any pictures or drawings for a Cabin Heater? Would like to see one with a view to adding!

[Hank Jarrett]

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Pretty simple really. These are mine before restoration.

Hank

[Hank Jarrett]

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Stupid tiny pictures! The first one is the bad fuel valve that was in my plane. The shaft was sheared and it never shut off. No idea how long it was like that!

Hank

This is what I intended to send as well as one after restoration.

[KAR 120C]

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Many thanks for posting the pictures Hank. So is the heater box simply the part painted black in your final photo? how does it work? Is it a mechanical warm air system of some sort?

Michael

[3Dreaming]

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There is a hose that goes in the top. It brings in heated air from around the exhaust system. The valve in the box either lets the air out underneath the airplane or directs it through the firewall into the cabin for heat.

[KAR 120C]

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There is a hose that goes in the top. It brings in heated air from around the exhaust system. The valve in the box either lets the air out underneath the airplane or directs it through the firewall into the cabin for heat.

So should be straightforward to fabricate? Aluminium seems to be the material of choice!
Hank, cheeky I know, would it be possible to provide more pictures from other angles, and dimensions ? Understood if this is difficult to arrange.


M TOWSLEY - apologies, I appear to have hijacked your post. Sorry
Michael

[M Towsley]

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That's alright Michael. But I am still looking for a good heater box.

[3Dreaming]

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I think the originals were thin steel and either brazed or welded.

[KAR 120C]

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I think the originals were thin steel and either brazed or welded.

Hank's photo's look to be steel.

Are the inlet and outlet pipes about 1 3/4" ?

[Hank Jarrett]

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I am pretty sure I have a beat up one at the airport. When a plane goes up on it's nose and the engine mount gets wiped out they get pretty crushed up. Same if the gear collapses.
The material is a thin steel or what we used to call "Tin Plate" and the ones I have seem to be soldered or brazed together. Anyone who took high school metal shop could make one. (OK, anyone who PASSED high school metal shop could make one!)

[Hank Jarrett]

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Three more

[Hank Jarrett]

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Last 4. If you need something specific let me know. I will try and find the smashed one tomorrow at the airport and bring it home where I can take photos and measurements real time.

Hank