I replaced the black anti slip or skid stuff on undercart leg with white (Bunnings Aerospace have it so home hardware etc) as they gets real hot on 40deg days.
The late John Viney thought this would weaken the glass leg and falke 2 LEG say under cart legs MUST ONLY BE PAINTED WHITE and is a, warning in manual. Ian McPhee +61 428847642 Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia On Sat, 8 Jun. 2019, 10:35 Laurie Hoffman via dog, < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I grinned when I read your post as its not uncommon at all for us to have > 38degC here in Summer. > The only possible issue that i can think of is around your canopy. If its > left open for any period of time in the sun then it can expand where its > reluctant to close properly. > Just keep it closed and a good canopy cover over it to minimise the > cockpit temp. > This also saves you from being branded on any bare skin by the harness > hardware when climbing into the cockpit. > The last concern is around the state of the chocolate bar that was left in > a cockpit pocket! > > Best Regards > Laurie > > > > > > On Friday, 7 June 2019, 2:09:51 pm AEST, Tom Preisser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hope you all are having a cool winter down under. Kristin has delayed our > departure from Mexico for a good cause, but this has caused us to be parked > outside on the tarmac (there are no hangars, trees, nada) in very hot > weather. We've got 38c days next week and it will only get hotter. Is my > airframe in danger from these temps and if so what should be done: mock-up > some wing covers, wing stands? what do you recommend? Muchas gracias, Tom >
