A question about heating

[Lusekofte]

I know the Sukhov SU 2 had a heater for the crew. I also know US and Japan developed electric heated flight suits in 43

What about German planes in Russia?

How did they prevent ised windows? And condense in cold environment ?

[=420=Syphen]

Dessicant and calcium chorlide capsules in between the panes of glass to prevent fog/icing. 

 

Also the Luftwaffe adopted a heated flying suit mid war as well. You can see the connector hanging out the bottom of the jacket. The wrists also had connectors for gloves. 

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

Wow really cool!

 

actually, I’m wondering if we’d ever get icing in this sim?   With the new clouds and wonderful wind screen effects, it would be a nice complicated touch

[Lusekofte]

3 hours ago, =420=Syphen said:

Dessicant and calcium chorlide capsules in between the panes of glass to prevent fog/icing. 

 

Also the Luftwaffe adopted a heated flying suit mid war as well. You can see the connector hanging out the bottom of the jacket. The wrists also had connectors for gloves. 

Thanks, man

Very appreciated 

[Yardstick]

The 109 (I think from the G series onwards) had a crude windscreen washer / de-icing system.  Basically a hose with holes in it ran externally along the base of the windscreen.  A lever in the cockpit could open a valve that allowed raw fuel to be sprayed over the screen.  Not sure how it worked in practice but seems a simple and potentially effective solution. 

 

Edited February 7, 2022 by Yardstick

[LukeFF]

Me 262s also had electrically-heated windscreens. You can see the "lines" for this in the game's cockpit model.

[357th_KW]

The P-51D used air drawn from in front of and behind the radiator to provide cold and hot air for the cockpit.  The pilot had two knobs for hot and cold air to control the cockpit temperature, as well as a defroster knob that controlled hot air from the same location to blow on the windscreen and side glass.  Apparently this setup was a big improvement over both the P-51B and P-38.