Simple & Cheap Tricks for your plane

"Bushy" wrote in message
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Substitute pitot tube cover:

Brightly coloured squeaky dog toy.

Seen lots of rubber chickens. Mostly on the web, but seen a
couple of them in real life.

Paul

(Ross Oliver) wrote in message ...

Substitute pitot tube cover: 35mm film cannister with "X" cut into top.
Be sure to remove before flight!


For Pipers with the blade type pitot/static, a tennis ball with a 2
inch slit cut into the top works great. A can of tennis balls is
about 1/10th the cost of what Sporty would charge you for a blade
pitot cover.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Hah! That's exactly what I did...

Actually not exactly, I folded the bit around the hole and
tore out a nice round bit (well half round but folded so it
eventually made a round) to fit over the knob.

Paul

"Ross Oliver" wrote in message
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Take a sheet of 8x11
paper, fold into thirds like you are mailing a letter. Hold
vertically, and poke a hole just above center using a pen or pencil.
Hang on the AI adjustment knob. Covers the AI and DG perfectly. My
CFII gets credit for this one, thanks Greg!

A little dab of paint on the lowest point of the sidewall of the tire when
the filler valve is lined up with the access door on the wheel pants.

A little dab of paint on the lowest point of the sidewall of the tire when
the filler valve is lined up with the access door on the wheel pants.

But then I wouldn't be able to hear Mary cursing while I pushed the plane
back and forth! :-)

Good one!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
4. The Kool Scoop is the best thing ever invented for a Cherokee.

That's a silly statement. My plane came with one, 12 years ago, and I
found it irritating and tacky looking. I removed it. You can have it
(as a spare) if you want.

--- Jay


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Jay Honeck wrote:
4. The Kool Scoop is the best thing ever invented for a Cherokee.

That's a silly statement. My plane came with one, 12 years ago, and I
found it irritating and tacky looking. I removed it. You can have it
(as a spare) if you want.

I wish everyone would make up their minds. I've been thinking about buying
one (wonderful Texas summers and all), as I frequently find myself taxiing
with my hand stuck out the vent window to "scoop" a little air.

Tacky looking? Probably... What was "irritating"?

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James M. Knox
TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
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Austin, Tx 78721
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In a previous article, "James M. Knox" said:
4. The Kool Scoop is the best thing ever invented for a Cherokee.

I wish everyone would make up their minds. I've been thinking about buying
one (wonderful Texas summers and all), as I frequently find myself taxiing
with my hand stuck out the vent window to "scoop" a little air.

Tacky looking? Probably... What was "irritating"?

We've had them on a couple of our club planes. Generally the plane
captains for the planes buy things like that (and the little plastic fins
that go on the strobes so that you can see that they're on). I personally
broke one of them off with my elbow getting into the plane, and the other
plane that has one also had it broken off soon after getting it.


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Mine was always in the way during flight. When retracted, it is right at chest
height in front of your arm. You also need a spot of velcro on it and on the
window to keep it from swinging out in front of you during the flight. It
doesn't fit well on framed windows, and frankly, you get a bunch more comfort
by popping the door open, at least in a Six. I took mine off after putting up
with it for more than a year.

"James M. Knox" wrote:

(Jay Masino) wrote in news:402386b6$0$25481
@dingus.crosslink.net:

Jay Honeck wrote:
4. The Kool Scoop is the best thing ever invented for a Cherokee.

That's a silly statement. My plane came with one, 12 years ago, and I
found it irritating and tacky looking. I removed it. You can have it
(as a spare) if you want.

I wish everyone would make up their minds. I've been thinking about buying
one (wonderful Texas summers and all), as I frequently find myself taxiing
with my hand stuck out the vent window to "scoop" a little air.

Tacky looking? Probably... What was "irritating"?

-----------------------------------------------
James M. Knox
TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331
Austin, Tx 78721
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Mine was always in the way during flight. When retracted, it is right at
chest
height in front of your arm. You also need a spot of velcro on it and on
the
window to keep it from swinging out in front of you during the flight. It
doesn't fit well on framed windows, and frankly, you get a bunch more
comfort
by popping the door open, at least in a Six. I took mine off after
putting up
with it for more than a year.

Hmm. When mine is retracted, it is behind and at approximately shoulder
height. It was in FRONT of you when retracted?

Mine can't swing open without my input, since I have lean to the right a bit
to swing it into position. The hinge is pretty stiff anyway, (and it is
tension-adjustable with a phillips screw driver) so that shouldn't be a
problem.

I wonder if the storm window on your Six is in a different position
(relative to the pilot) than in my Warrior or my Pathfinder?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"