14 April 2005
The Lancair Company has received certification for general aviation’s first intelligent climate control system. It will soon become a factory-installed option available exclusively on Lancair Columbia 350 and 400 aircraft.
The system allows Columbia operators to set their desired cabin temperature using a digital display on the instrument panel. An electronically controlled system regulates heating or air conditioning to maintain the desired temperature automatically – on the ground and in the air.
Lancair has already installed and delivered the first three Columbia’s with climate control.
Most Columbia’s delivered in the past 17 months have also been pre-fitted for the system and aftermarket installation kits for those aircraft will be available soon.
Test results show that the system can lower the cabin temperature by 20 degrees in five minutes and up to 35 degrees in only 17 minutes.
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