A well-designed engine cover can help to ensure your entire engine compartment is toasty warm on the most frigid winter days. [Credit: Jason McDowell]
Key Takeaways:
The author purchased a custom-fitted, insulated engine cover after his airplane engine failed to start in cold weather, even with an engine heater.
Bruce's Custom Covers required detailed measurements and photos, resulting in a robust, tailor-made cover praised for its quality and precise fit.
The cover is expected to significantly improve engine warming and heat retention, though the author noted minor suggestions for design improvements like oil drip solutions.
In the three and a half years I’ve owned my airplane, there has been only one occasion when it refused to start.
It was a particularly frigid Sunday morning in Wisconsin, and, not expecting to fly that day, I hadn’t plugged my engine heater in the night before. This would prove to ruin what would have been a truly epic flying adventure.
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Jason McDowell is a private pilot and Cessna 170 owner based in Madison, Wisconsin. He enjoys researching obscure aviation history and serves as a judge for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association. He can be found on Instagram as @cessnateur.
