X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:39:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from raven.ravenwebhosting.com ([72.9.254.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.3) with ESMTPS id 5344901 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:07:41 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.9.254.67; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from 216.192.189.72.cfl.res.rr.com ([72.189.192.216]:52256 helo=[192.168.1.138]) by raven.ravenwebhosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RkhyO-0004dy-Q9 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:07:08 -0500 From: paul miller Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9-26474380 Subject: Re: [LML] Pitot static checks X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:07:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - raven.ravenwebhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail-9-26474380 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii John: I had a similar experience when doing IFR testing up at Rocky = Mountain Avionics in Kalispell after the WAAS upgrade. It took them a = long time to isolate that the actual fitting was leaking and they = replaced the fitting. This was not obvious and caused all kinds of = delays. If you can isolate the lines in question from the fittings and = pressure test lines only and rule out the lines then you might have a = better chance of finding the culprit. On 2012-01-10, at 12:55 PM, John Barrett wrote: > I am having trouble with leaking Pitot system on my IVP. Attempts to = perform IFR cert for first flight indicate that leaks in the standby = altimeter and airspeed indicator are producing 750 fpm leaks -- not = acceptable.=20 > =20 --Apple-Mail-9-26474380 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii John: = I had a similar experience when doing IFR testing up at Rocky Mountain = Avionics in Kalispell after the WAAS upgrade. It took them a long time = to isolate that the actual fitting was leaking and they replaced the = fitting. This was not obvious and caused all kinds of delays. If = you can isolate the lines in question from the fittings and pressure = test lines only and rule out the lines then you might have a better = chance of finding the culprit.

On 2012-01-10, at 12:55 PM, = John Barrett wrote:

I am having trouble with = leaking Pitot system on my IVP. Attempts to perform IFR cert = for first flight indicate that leaks in the standby altimeter and = airspeed indicator are producing 750 fpm leaks -- not = acceptable.