X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:25:02 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ndmsbar03.ndc.nasa.gov ([192.149.131.173] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTP id 2507126 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:35:46 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=192.149.131.173; envelope-from=michael.s.reinath@nasa.gov Received: from ndmsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov (ndmsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov [129.166.9.162]) by ndmsbar03.ndc.nasa.gov (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id EC44C531681 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from ndmsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov (ndmsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov [129.166.9.162]) by ndmsbar03.ndc.nasa.gov with ESMTP id mgkmV23UHyff60K8 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:07 -0600 (CST) Received: from NDMSEVS34B.ndc.nasa.gov ([129.166.9.32]) by ndmsxgw04.ndc.nasa.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:07 -0600 Received: from 129.166.9.11 ([129.166.9.11]) by NDMSEVS34B.ndc.nasa.gov ([129.166.9.8]) via Exchange Front-End Server mail02.ndc.nasa.gov ([129.166.9.179]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:35:07 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 X-Original-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:35:06 -0800 Subject: Re: Flying in Rain From: "Reinath, Michael" X-Original-To: X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Flying in Rain Thread-Index: AcgxCxXJVCce2Jz+EdyvWgADkxkwcA== Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Nov 2007 15:35:07.0810 (UTC) FILETIME=[16DDE020:01C8310B] Dennis, I think the water is entering from the horizontal stab while the plane is sitting on the ground in the rain. I have had this problem for a while. I finally solved it last year by drilling my drain hole bigger. The LNC2 plans call for a drain hole in the fuselage under the horizontal stab. I made mine too small. What I discovered was that the surface tension of the water was preventing it from draining out the hole. When my plane sat out in the rain, water would pool in the fuselage. I have bailed out about a gallon of water in the worst case after heavy rain. Mike Reinath LNC2 N3602M at 815 Hrs TT San Jose, CA (RHV)