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Aihe: Re: Europa-List: Re: CAMLOC Fasteners
Lhettj: Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
Vastaanottaja: europa-list@matronics.com
Greg,
thats true. But only when Europa is standing in the rain, never when
flying during the rain!
Wet panel inside and water around the pedals made me a bit nervous!
My solution:
- keep always in the hangar during the rain and when this is not
possible for example in Fly-Ins, I put nice RWM packing tape one meter
over the "camlocks" (in my case only three [3] of them front of the
windshield) when rain is expected . Simple, fast, easy, low-cost and
effective.
Of course this is not a professional solution, but it works very well.
You could made a mod preventing water to come, but why in the hell again
add some dead weight?
Rubber is good, but lets use it in the bed if really necessary. Hope not!
If I have not cockpit covers omboard, I tape always also a refueling
cap. Just in case!
There is a rubber sealing ring but I do not trust it.
"Number of pitfalls" ? Please please report them all!
There are number of pitfalls when *not* using camlocks or other
"fast-remove-cowling-system"!
Please loosen your hat...
Those of you who are building, I highly recommend to make a quick
release system at least for the upper cowling.
Those who are flying, just consider to do it.
_Just for your safety.
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Cheers,
Raimo
OH-XRT #417
Finland
allekirjoitus <mailto:info@rwm.fi>
6.1.2017, 11:53, Greg Fuchs kirjoitti:
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> There are a number of pitfalls using any camlock style system. The
> firewall area at the top is not square. This causes head of the camlock to
> appear cocked. Because of this, they will leak in the rain.
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> Interesting problem indeed. Just trying to 'brainstorm' a fix for rain
> invasion. Possibly thin rubber washers slid up the body of the camlock to
> the back side of the head? Possibly that might provide a seal? Probably
> better answers out there than this..
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> Greg
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