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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:54:07 EST
Subject: Re: AIM Carbon Monoxide Detector
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From:  David Jones

Someone on this site recommended the AIM CO Decector, for which I am 
grateful, and if you see this, please make yourself known, so I can thank you 
personally.

The detector is ordered from:

http://www.avweb.com/sponsors/aeromedi             New Low Price $44.95

And there is a very good writeup on various detectors with comparisons at:

http://www.avweb.com/articles/codetect.html

I am still working on the 41 ppm level that the unit detected in my 
cockpit--I will make a full report as I figure the problem out.

Someone asked if the AIM is amenable to panel mount---Well, yes it is, but it 
is larger than it appears in the website pictures, and if you have a panel 
like mine, there would be no room to mount it there.  I am still trying to 
figure the mounting out.  It would be really neat to have the display mounted 
in the panel, with the rest of the unit in a non-obtrusive area.

To answer your questions, Brent, I was flying for 58 minutes, and had a nasal 
cannula on with the flow meter adjusted to 10 (needle valve).  I had no 
obvious impairment, but when my wife has flown with me, she hates the 
cannula, and now I remember that on long trips she seemed moderately 
impaired--I attributed it to her smoking and our altitude of 8000-10000 feet 
without O2.    DUH !

I carry two Carbon Fiber O2 tanks (40 cu ft each, weigh 12 lbs each), and I 
always put O2 on--I feel I am a more attentive pilot.  Boy am I glad I did 
that.   Driving a IV demands lots of attentiveness--and 41 ppm might have 
otherwise caused me to make one too many mistakes.

Thanks for the suggestions to consider in finding the source, Brent.  I don't 
think this will get resolved over night!   I do have a 14" X 2.5"  K&N filter 
serving both Turbos.

The 41 ppm CO  was discovered by me just as I braking after touch down.  
During the 58 minute flight in the practice area, I was having so much fun 
doing 200 kt turns banked 60 degrees around a point, that I forgot to look at 
my new AIM detector!
Gosh, this plane is a joy to fly!

Tomorrow I will take the plane up and do a complete monitor profile to see 
what the CO level does.

Regards, David Jones
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