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From: Lorn H Olsen <lorn@dynacomm.ws>
Subject: Re: Flying in Rain

I bought my plane in 1998. In about 2000 I discovered about a pint of  
water in the fuselage just forward of the leading edge of the  
vertical stabilizer. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the fuselage,  
where the water had pooled. I haven't noticed the problem since then.

I fly in rain, snow, clouds and most anything else that we can fly  
safely in. I don't fly in ice. I have a Garmin 396 with WX-Weather.  
How did I live without it?

> From: "Dennis Johnson" <pinetownd@volcano.net>
> Date: November 26, 2007 2:47:54 PM GMT-05:00
> .
> .
> If the water is entering the tail while the plane is parked in the  
> rain, then drilling a drain hole in the bottom of the fuselage, at  
> the first place the water will collect, would be one solution. If  
> it's sucking in during flight, that's a harder problem to solve. I  
> suppose I could put a drain in the bottom of the fuselage, with an  
> opening fabricated so that it would suck air and water out of the  
> fuselage, but I'm not sure.
>
> Anybody else had this problem?  Anybody else solved this problem?
> .
> .

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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, FB90/92, O-320-D1F, 1,300 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan