Paul,
I have experienced a static port tip breaking off somewhere between DI
and take off - providing me with more than a little excitement in the
shortest ever flight I have made! A fellow Europa owner at Gamston
found that his tip had also broken off at the shoulder and had dropped
onto the hangar floor below the wing overnight. They are a fragile item
and tend to snap off at the shoulder - IMHO they should be made from
metal but then that would be more costly (although who would argue about
a few pounds more for such a safety critical item?).
I took the precaution of inserting a tightly fitting thin walled brass
tube (1/8" or 3/32"? - I can't remember - but available from a model
shop) down the core of the replacement - easily bonded in with Redux and
the static holes redrilled through the inner metal tube. This has worked
well for a couple of years now.
Roger Mills
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From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
Subject: Re: Pitot-Static Head
Hi all,
I found that the plastic construction of the tip to be pretty flimsy
(mine broke). I was wondering if there wasn't any reason why it could
be made of metal?
Paul
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