Cleaning bugs - the real secret

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:23:31 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:
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I have found that a mixture of 10% Carbon-X/water in a spray bottle
really loosens up the bugs and oil from the surface. It all wipes off
with a damp sponge.

I wash with a 40:1 or 60:1 mix of Carbon-X, but I use a 1 to 1 or 2 to
1 mix for soaking the leading edges.

Spray once as I walk along the front. Walk back to the other side and
wash using the regular 40 to one and they just come right off.

OTOH I figure bugs are slippery so if I let them build up to a
slippery layer the plane should fly faster.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger wrote, "... I figure bugs are slippery so if I let them build up to a
slippery layer the plane should fly faster."

Unfortunately, all the slippery bugs avoid the leading edge and only the
sticky ones hit it.