Regarding: 
[... I went for a flight yesterday in 86* OAT on the ground and 3 folks on board. I had to have the AC on Full for the 1:20 flight. I thought it wasn't cooling like in the past but the passengers thought it was fine. I'm still looking for more cooling. Without the scoop though.  Jim Hergert]

 

[...Passengers tend to tell you what you want to hear. "How's the temp?? Oh, I'm fine." even though they're freezing/roasting....  Charlie Kohler]

 

 

That was Allyson and me that Jim so graciously treated to an aerial tour of Sedona and the Grand Canyon.  The air conditioning really was keeping up with the heat load. 

 

I would guess that it probably wouldn't be able to maintain a perfectly comfortable environment in the Gulf Coast region, down low, in the steamy Summers -- but it sure would make a good dent in it.  We also probably wouldn't have been as comfortable if the A/C would have had to cool down a heat soaked bird parked on the hot ramp (Jim's IVP is hangared). 

 

We're planning on putting A/C in our Legacy and we're ambitiously hoping to size it to handle Texas' 95 deg F heat and 95% relative humidity Summers, while taxiing (dream on, right?).  I'm not too crazy about the drag or the look of a scoop on a Legacy -- looks great on a P-51, though. 

 

Valin Thorn

Legacy 173

Houston, Texas

 

Here's a nice view of the Canyon courtesy of Jim & Rosel Hergert and their Lancair IVP.  Thanks Jim!