Hi all
I owned a 1948 Cessna 170 for 19 years. I had a Mud Dabber fill my Pitot
once for a bit of excitement even though I had the number two cover on
the ACS link that supposedly stays closed until 40 MPH. I was perplexed
at how this happened? A few days later at some far off airstrip, it was
howling out. I observed the fool pitot cover open, to my amazement i saw
a Mud dabber somehow navigate it's way to the opened tube and climb
in! That was at about 10 year point. I used a push over the tube
with red flag and never had a problem again.
Ron Parigoris
<mcointe@free.fr>
>
> Hi Frans,
>
> Many standard covers exist for this, just have a look at any catalog
(see
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/fb/covers_pitot.html)
> You can also use a mail of the correct diameter to close the pitot
but
> make
> sure to attach something very visible to it to a void to forget it
before
> taking-off.
>
> Max Cointe
> F-PMLH TriGear Kit #560
> 912ULS Airmaster 420 hours
> mcointe@free.fr
>
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