Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Left wing mounted.
Mounted the left wing yesterday. Spent today rigging the aileron and connecting various lines and wires.
When I went to mount the pitot tube, I bumped it and it broke in half. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the unit is held together with a 1/4" aluminum tube which threads into the tip and the body of the pitot, trapping the heating element and sheath between them. Problem is, the tubing they used was so thin that when they threaded the ends there was almost no material left behind. When I bumped it, the tubing broke at the threads.
When I went to mount the pitot tube, I bumped it and it broke in half. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the unit is held together with a 1/4" aluminum tube which threads into the tip and the body of the pitot, trapping the heating element and sheath between them. Problem is, the tubing they used was so thin that when they threaded the ends there was almost no material left behind. When I bumped it, the tubing broke at the threads.
