Return-Path: Received: from sm4.texas.rr.com ([24.93.35.211]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:58:53 -0500 Received: from mjehomeoffice (cs160157-127.satx.rr.com [24.160.157.127]) by sm4.texas.rr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id e9UD6J428100; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:06:19 -0600 Reply-To: Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: "Michael J. Eakman" To: "Lancair Mailing List" , "kenharw" Subject: Lancair Air Conditioning Radiant Barrier Insulation Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:07:00 -0600 Message-ID: Importance: Normal X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I too live in San Antonio and would appreciate greater contact information for the suppliers mentioned in the previous posting. Photos indeed would be appreciated. I am building a Super ES and would very much like to include air conditioning if the weight penalty isn't too severe. Do you have any type of radiant insulation in your plane? I own a company that specializes in residential energy efficiency upgrades. We carry a product that is lightweight and highly efficient. It would be an excellent aircraft insulation and I am planning to put it in my Lancair. The product is an aluminum foil sandwich backed two layers of bubble wrap type material in between to create the air space required for effective insulation. The foil virtually stops 97% of thermal radiation by reflecting it back to where it came. Radiant heat is the number one source of high temperatures in a home / airplane / spaceship etc. This product when applied to the underside of roof trusses/rafters will make an attic here in south Texas some 30 to 40 degrees cooler in the summer. My only question to the list is this. Will the aluminum foil interfere with antennae / instrument function / radio, GPS, transponder reception etc.? Opinions anyone? Michael J. Eakman President SolarMasters, Inc. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>