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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
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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
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