Drain Holes

[Alvin and Glenys Adams]

Good day folks.
Do most people in stall drain holes in bottom off fus.when on floats.If so do you just drill a hole or is there a device i can ues that will let water out but not spray in.If you land in salt water i would think water would go in ,evaporate & leave salt residue inside the drain hole.Need some advice:
Thanks in advance to any 0ne who can help.


Regards: alvin
R776



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[Alvin and Glenys Adams]

Jessie & Ken thanks for information on drain holes.
I will use a 1/8 bit & bend metal as you suggest,a clever little trick to create a scoop.

Have my full lotus floats installed Inspection scheduled for May 6th.Hope everything is ok.

Regards; alvin R776



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[Jesse Jenks]

Something I have been wondering and this seems like a good time to bring it up: The uphill side of the fuselage bulkheads could be the front OR back, depending on weather you are on floats or wheels. Which side should the hole be on, or should there be one on each side?
Thanks

From: oifa@irishfield.on.ca
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] MDRA Inspection 295R
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:55:54 -0500

Ditto to what Jim said. I had mine all labelled up For "rescue" pull pin....
instead of Emergency... and was asked to change it because someone may not
undertand what rescue meant! $*(#$@(&&$$##
I'd go with Steve's suggestion... for emergency extraction rip door off !

If you follow the manual there isn't (or at least wasn't) any mention of
drain holes... but it is in Chapter 549. Good idea on the uphill side of
each bulkhead. Also should be some on the rear lower skin of the wings/stab
and anywhere else that you can't claim it will drain itself.

What control travel are you referring to?

#4 sure glad we imported Bob's Elite with TC instead of MDRA ! ;O)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Cole" <jcole@rangroup.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] MDRA Inspection 295R

Hi John - again with number 2, we put a little bend in the top of the door
hinge pin and then put a small sign that says "In Case of Emergency pull
pin". Some guys then put the tab inside (between the door post and the
door)
after the inspection so that someone at the local airport doesn't decide
to
pull the pin in order to borrow your GPS or anything else of value!

Cheers
Jim 333R


On 12/20/2007 1:41 PM, "John Peterson" <johnspeterson@rogers.com> wrote:

Hello everyone
Well we had an inspection from MDRA and interestingly enough there were
a
few questions that we could not answer.

1. What are the flight control travel positions for the a/c on
amphibs??
Apparently ours are different than the Murphy manual - not sure what
either of
those travel positions are - Any help here is appreciated.

2. Is an exterior control required on the doors, with instructions on
the
opening?
We have the split door with the top folding down. There is no external
opening device and I believe that I have seen others like that. The
concern
expressed was how would a person get into the a/c from the outside if a
pilot
was inside and not able to open the door/window.

3.Where and how many drain holes are required for the fuselage, wings
and
flight controls??
We picked up that the a/c does not have drain holes in the rear
fuselage,
could be important being on floats/amphibs. Not sure about the wing and
flight
control drains but does anyone know how we could accomplish this.

It was requested if we could provide some kind of supporting
documentation
for these issues, ideally directly from murphy.

Appreciate assistance on this.
John Peterson 295R





John Peterson


John Peterson



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