TE probe up or down?

On Sep 27, 12:49*pm, Whiskey Delta wrote:
On Sep 27, 1:44*pm, Grider Pirate wrote:

On Sep 26, 12:13*pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:

I point mine down. *I tried it pointed up once, because all the cool
kids were doing it. *I found that with it pointed up, the onset of
'needle flutter' happened sooner on my glider. *Also, if I tie out for
a day, and it rains, there is a possiblilty of water getting into my
system with it pointed up.

Put a bag over it and you can keep it pointed up....

After day two of the Memorial Day contest in Huntley this year, we had
the regular hangar BS session in the evening. Herb Killian was of the
opinion that it should point down. It did have something to do with a
pee bag snagging on the upturned TE probe :-)

Pete