P.S. Dan, I should have said I drilled them up through the bottom skin, Thanks, Rick Wilson. --- Rick Wilson <rwdw2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dan, I used a 1\16" drill bit and made holes in both > sides of each bay at the low end. I did the same > thing > you did with a hose while washing mine. So far I > haven't gotten any more water in, but they drained > well the first time. Rick Wilson. rwdw2...@yahoo.com > --- Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> wrote: > > Don't know anything about a moisture meter, but I > > sure could use one. I was > > wet sanding this weekend and I had the plane > > outside, so instead of using a > > cloth to wipe off the residue, I used the hose. > Big > > mistake. I got a lot > > of water into the fuselage and I think it got in > > through the elevator > > clearance hole. > > > > Has anyone installed drain holes to handle > > situations like this? I think I > > will have to put in inspection holes back there > > sooner than later. It is > > very difficult for a 5'9" 175# old body to crawl > > back in the fuselage to > > wipe up the water. > > > > This situation would most likely occur anytime you > > washed your plane if you > > used a hose to rinse it off. > > > > N64KR > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > > > > da...@kr-builder.org > > > > See you in Red Oak - 2003 > > > > See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the > > pic > > See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
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