Given what I'm assuming to be a small sample size I'm looking for any experience with the RV-10 in Cold Weather. Cold being defined as OATs from -10C down to -40C or so. Living in Canada those temperatures are the norm for most of our winter flying days, although not particularly this year.
I'm already familiar with all the cold weather considerations such as preheat, relief holes in crankcase breathers, oil cooler shutters and the like. What I am concerned with and have no real experience with is any potential cracking in fiberglass and finishes, particularly at the glass/aluminium interfaces and around the windows. I glassed over the perimeters of the windows with resin and cloth as well as along the lower edges of the cabin top and fared them into the aluminium.
Given the large differences in expansion coefficients should I be concerned with cracking in these areas, particularly when bringing the aircraft out of a heated hangar at, say +5C, to an outside with an OAT of say -30C?
I haven't seen any talk of this on any forums so I its either not a problem or the sample size of airplanes exposed to this is too small.
Any input, experience or advice would be appreciated.
I'm already familiar with all the cold weather considerations such as preheat, relief holes in crankcase breathers, oil cooler shutters and the like. What I am concerned with and have no real experience with is any potential cracking in fiberglass and finishes, particularly at the glass/aluminium interfaces and around the windows. I glassed over the perimeters of the windows with resin and cloth as well as along the lower edges of the cabin top and fared them into the aluminium.
Given the large differences in expansion coefficients should I be concerned with cracking in these areas, particularly when bringing the aircraft out of a heated hangar at, say +5C, to an outside with an OAT of say -30C?
I haven't seen any talk of this on any forums so I its either not a problem or the sample size of airplanes exposed to this is too small.
Any input, experience or advice would be appreciated.