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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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