Whether it is wash water or rain water or condensation water it can accumulate inside your KR unless you provide a drain hole to get rid of it. This means every place that water could lay while the plane is either in flying or sitting on the ground must be drained. Both the left and right side of the bottom of the fuselage require drain holes. Every cross member on the floor of the fuselage is a little dam just waiting to collect water. Use 1/4 inch drill size for the holes. Clean out the holes carefully and then using a small brush or Q-tip apply epoxy to the raw wood exposed by the drill. The last hole is up against the rudder post. Some like to use "sea plane gromets" over each hole.These are available. They are little plastic circles about 1 inch in diameter that have a streamlind bulge on the bottom with the back part of the bulge cut off for drainage. They also act as a venturi to to draw air and/or water out while flying. A friend used a bargan basement plywood to cover the fuselage of his Jodel. The glue was not waterproof. He did not apply epoxy to the cut wood after drilling the drainholes. The next year he had to remove the rotting and disintigrating plywood and replace it with aircraft grade. It would have been better to use quality first. The theoretical saving is not worth it. Harold Woods, Orillia, ON. CanadaL3V2G6
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