Relieving in flight
On Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at 7:05:07 AM UTC-8, Waveguru wrote:
I had an Open Jantar with a relief port built into the fuselage under the seat. After using it for a season there was an article in Soaring about how the pee would run down the fuselage, into the gear well, and corrode things. I ended up removing the gear and refinishing it. The article said to run the tube back to the gear doors to get the pee away from the fuselage by dropping the gear. It also said to put a T in the line so you could blow it out so it wouldn't freeze. I ran a new line back and put the T in, tested it on the ground and went soaring. After a couple of hours in the wave, I really had to pee, so I dropped the gear and cut loose. The pee started coming out of the blow out tube and into my lap! I immediately pinched off the tube, but it's hard to stop peeing that quick. The condom started filling up like a water balloon! Great, now what? I stuck the tube out the vent window and finished the job, spraying **** all over the fuselage and wing. So I'm left with a tube full of **** that I didn't want inside. I thought there must be some small plug in the line, it had worked on the ground... My solution was to wipe off the end of the tube and blow on it, which just re-inflated the condom! Frustrated and not thinking, I pulled the tube out of my mouth, blasting the remaining **** back into my mouth and all over my face! My first response was disgust, but then I thought "That didn't taste all that bad... Maybe with a little ice and a sprig of mint..." Back on the ground I discovered the problem. I had ran tube under the seat pan and my weight crushed the tube. After re-routing, it worked well for many years. Happy soaring.
Boggs
Thanks for the comic relief, Gary.
Did I write that? Sorry.
Jim
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