REFLECTOR: Water

stedmanlou at roadrunner.com stedmanlou at roadrunner.com
Wed Apr 25 14:17:43 CDT 2012


--When I refer to upper surfaces I am talking about the mating surface which is attached to the canard. The lower surfaces is the fuselage
Lou Stedman
LEZ N9EC
Olean, NY

---- John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote: 
> Make that the 3rd.  I think I'll try Lou's method.  Lou, can you clarify 
> what at the lower and upper surfaces?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> On 4/25/2012 10:23 AM, Robert Wood wrote:
> > Ruben, you are the second to have an onboard swimming pool. Mine showed up when I took the plane to a paint shop and it was out in the rain before they got to it. Cleanup as you described it.
> > Bob Wood
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:09 AM, "Lou Stedman"<stedmanlou at roadrunner.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> If I am reading you correctly, you are trying to seal the seams where the canard fits onto the fuselage. If that is correct, here is what I have done. First lay a bead of clear silicone on the upper surfaces. Then lay clear plastic wrap over all of the lower surfaces. Install the canard loosely without any of the bolts. Allow it to dry for a day. Then come back , remove the plastic wrap and bold down the canard. After that you can trim off any excess that has come out onto the outside surface. Gives a good tight seal.
> >>
> >> If you are talking about sealing the non-concentric torque tubes. My answer is there is no way except convert to the concentric tubes.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Ruben Creus
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:22 AM
> >> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> >> Subject: REFLECTOR: Water
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I use the old good fashion electrical tape to cover the gaps of the canard
> >> with the removable canard top. I generally replace the tape when it looks
> >> that is decaying a bit, but this time there was spot I did not see and it
> >> allowed water to come into the back of my avionics connectors.
> >>
> >> We had a couple of days of non-stopping rain. So, I guess I have now the
> >> first Velocity equipped with an indoor swimming pool!!!
> >>
> >> Thankfully the sun came back and use a hairdryer to dry everything. The good
> >> news is that all seems to work and no damage happened, but the lesson is
> >> that maybe it is time to retire the old good fashion tape and find a more
> >> reliable and permanent solution.
> >>
> >> Has anyone come up with an idea for this?
> >>
> >> Ruben G. Creus
> >> 571.215.0025
> >> ruben at vainneg.com
> >>
> >>
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