X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:40:02 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web53710.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with SMTP id 2279658 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:48:05 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.190.37.31; envelope-from=kyrilian_av@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 35383 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Aug 2007 06:47:27 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=X9QsTMmzR47uXVkSLgQbb4+oEK95iBxjphlZCInMAnqV8cSF73wuEjZakUpLtBYCU1sGNefBZY31MN1OL9FZEtNpFIPD9pLTppYJXdi3sOlFCRgq8YMGtcHejH6ISeRtAa+zeX9O6v2+TEFbWgMXy0as0MtU8tjA1L55mw2z/p8=; X-YMail-OSG: Km6aBbwVM1nRpO5K3ddJ_yHlR2ZQZKo3HiIpnUcqFiW0_2B7XONR15dGEUGp2qLCuAZdsUmp8GWQMBzTCiPY1UjEhrpHgP0RcGCN2fVjxXRFCmeEPuHjVlQSQys3vUqVOgV6JQrjmfIi.DrLFpfBnmmRcA-- Received: from [76.166.203.134] by web53710.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:47:27 PDT X-Original-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:47:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Kyrilian Dyer Subject: Re: [LML] Re: wing leak X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-597196210-1187851647=:34937" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Original-Message-ID: <327370.34937.qm@web53710.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --0-597196210-1187851647=:34937 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It's interesting that the balloon will only partially reinflate. I did the test a few times and the balloon on one wing was something like 80% full the next day (12 hours?) while the other was 60%. After another day or two neither was yet deflated. Perhaps mine is acceptable. Does 'not deflated' mean not totally deflated? I'd really like it to not leak at all. I'll do the leak check again and be more dilligent about temps and pressure, as well as thoroughly checking all nooks and crannies with soapy water. Thanks for everyone's input! Cheers, - Kyrilian Wendell Solesbee wrote: When I tested my wings I had the same thing happen. When you fill the balloons when it is warm they will go down when the temperature goes down overnight due to air having more volume when it is warm than when it is cool.If you let them warm up again the next day the balloons will partially re-inflate.My balloons would not completely re-inflate but someone at lancair said if they will stay inflated 8 hours they are OK. So far I have no leaks. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! --0-597196210-1187851647=:34937 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
It's interesting that the balloon will only partially reinflate.  I did the test a few times and the balloon on one wing was something like 80% full the next day (12 hours?) while the other was 60%.  After another day or two neither was yet deflated.  Perhaps mine is acceptable.  Does 'not deflated' mean not totally deflated?  I'd really like it to not leak at all.  I'll do the leak check again and be more dilligent about temps and pressure, as well as thoroughly checking all nooks and crannies with soapy water.
 
Thanks for everyone's input!
 
 Cheers,
- Kyrilian


Wendell Solesbee <wendell1@pacbell.net> wrote:
When I tested my wings I had the same thing happen. When you fill the balloons when it is warm they will go down when the temperature goes down overnight due to air having more volume when it is warm than when it is cool.If you let them warm up again the next day the balloons will partially re-inflate.My balloons would not completely re-inflate but someone at lancair said if they will stay inflated 8 hours they are OK. So far I have no leaks.   


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