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Asg29 very slow water dumping issue (20+ minutes and wings still halffull or more)



 
 
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Old December 14th 16, 01:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jon Gatfield
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Default Asg29 very slow water dumping issue (20+ minutes and wings still half full or more)

At 11:48 14 December 2016, Sean wrote:
Sean
It's worth checking the deflection of the "paddles" that push the dump
valves and auto-connect as you push the wings in while rigging. Mine was
dumping at different/asymmetric rates and that was the root (pardon the
pun) cause. It's an easy adjustment to make.
Jon

This has been a problem since late this summer. Asymmetric and or slow
dum=
ping.

After having the valves open today for (guessing) 20+ minutes (to be sure
i=
t was dry) I landed to find the wings with significant water (10-15
gallons=
a side) still on-board. Water flows thru the outboard panels so they

are
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clear. The valves seem to be opening fine on the ground. We checked the
o=
uter panel for flow carefully this am before flying. Water flowed thru
eas=
ily when the full wing was lowered slightly.

This is quite a mystery. It cost me significantly today. I thought I

was
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empty but was still well over 10 lb/ft I'm guessing by the amount of

water
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still in the wings when I had landed. It took 5-7 minutes for the water
to=
dump AFTER I had landed.

Any ideas on what could be cuasing an excessively slow dump cycle?

Anyone
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else having this problem? What else should I check for? What is the
expec=
ted dump time for a 29? I use 6 minutes to be safe usually.

Maybe I was perceiving actual dump time wrong (need a stopwatch)? Maybe

I
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thought only 3 minutes was 10-15? Maybe I was my using the fuselage tank
v=
alve handle accidentally and not the wing/tail? Even if this was the

case
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it was 7-10 minutes from my last "thermal" to the ground and the water

was
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flowing fine out of each wing valve when I landed. So the right valve
hand=
le was opened at this point. This should have emptied the wings alone
easil=
y, to say nothing if the 10-20 minutes the valves were open in occasional
d=
umps before that point.

Thanks in advance for ideas...

Sincerely,

Sean



 




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