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Old June 23rd 11, 05:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike the Strike
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Default Clearing out Moisture from Instrumentation Lines

On Jun 22, 4:11*pm, "rec.aviation.soaring" wrote:
On 22 juin, 16:45, Richard wrote:





On Jun 22, 10:06*am, KevinFinke wrote:


Working on my glider last night, and noticed that my static lines seem
to be more hazy than the others. It looks like there is a very fine
film of moisture on the tubing. *I'm going to be putting in moisture/
filter traps on the lines, but before I do that, is there a
recommended way of drying them out a bit first?


Was thinking of blowing some low pressure air through them for a few
minutes first. Obviously, they'll be disconnected from the
instruments. Has anyone else dealt with this? And what did you do?


Thanks!


Kevin,


Use a tire pump that can be connected to auto 12v cigarette lighter
socket.


Disconnect instruments, and the airspeed if in the rear of the glider
and TE Probes, *connect to the pump *leave connected for about 1/2 *to
1 hours. *the air will be low pressure and eventually warms up *and
will evaporate the moisture.


Richardwww.craggyaero.com


Hi
Use a hair dryer set on warm *not hot.
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Or move to Arizona. I've never had this problem since moving here 12
yesars ago.

Mike